MCC expedites search for vending zones across Mysuru
The Hindu
It has already identified seven zones
Amid a sustained crackdown by the traffic police on roadside vendors for impeding free pedestrian movement, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has expedited its search for suitable areas for vending zones in the city. Ever since two pedestrians were injured grievously in a serial mishap on New Sayyaji Rao Road on July 15 after they were forced to walk on the road due to encroachment of footpaths, the police have been carrying out a special drive in all the five traffic police station limits of the city by booking cases against roadside vendors for encroachment of footpaths. Already, the MCC has identified seven vending zones in different parts of the city in a recent exercise and is awaiting the government’s approval for the Detailed Project Report (DPR) it has sent. “We are yet to begin the development of these vending zones. But it will not be enough. We are in the process of identifying more such vending zones”, said Shashi Kumar, Additional Commissioner of MCC, who has been entrusted with the task of overseeing street vending activities.
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