The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to conduct a survey to identify street vendors and also to identify no-vending zone areas under its jurisdiction soon, besides street vendors’ rehabilitation.
A meeting to this effect was held at the BMC office under the chairmanship of the BMC Commissioner and attended by Town Vending Committee president Dr Krishan Kumar.
A 22-member team comprising members of the Road Side Vendors’ Association, BDA, GA, PWD and traffic police officials and corporators were present.
It was decided that street vendors would be provided identity cards, vending zones would be set up at every ward to accommodate 200 street vendors in each ward.
The meeting also stressed on the necessity of creation of no-vending zones in the city to ensure smooth traffic management. The public has been reportedly outraged at the mess on the roads leading to chaos. All Odisha Roadside Vendors’ Association president Pratap Sahoo and BMC Assistant Commissioner Binay Kumar Behera also participated in the meeting.