Haryana Government would give compensation of up to Rs 5 lakh to small shopkeepers, rehriwalas, fadiwalas, khokha or kiosk owners if they suffer loss of commercial property due to fire or any other natural calamity.
Principal Secretary, Urban local Bodies Department, P Raghavendra Rao, said it had been observed that small shop owners, rehriwalas, fadiwalas and khokha or kiosk owners did not have capital investment to restart business after loss or damage caused by fire, electrical hazards, flood and other natural calamity. The decision has been taken to mitigate this problem, he added.
Rao directed the civic bodies to identify vending zones in their respective areas. There would be separate restricted and non-restricted vending zones for parking rehris. While time-limit would be fixed for parking rehris in restricted zones, there would be no such limit in the non-restricted vending zones. In keeping with local requirement, only two to three vending zones would be set up in a city, and for this, the department is formulating a detailed policy.
Rao directed all municipalities to send compliance reports to the headquarters by January 20, 2014.