MC issues 80 challans in crackdown on unauthorised vending | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh MC issues 80 fines in crackdown on illegal vending In Chandigarh Street Zoning Plan, the architect department of the Chandigarh administration has given maximum vendors to sector 15, where 1800 vendors will be accommodated, followed by sector 56 and Maloya which will have 1340 and 1161 vendors respectively. The architect department has prepared 36 locations across the city to accommodate 11,538 street vendors. Significantly, the MC’s general house on Friday asked the UT to rectify the plan by adding more sites and vendors, but sources in the UT revealed that since the prepared plan has been formulated flowing the detailed discussion, there are possibility of minor changes, but no major change likely to be there.

Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation continued its intensified zone-wise enforcement drive against vendors operating from unauthorised locations despite being allotted designated vending sites.On the second day of the drive on Saturday, enforcement teams issued 80 challans to vendors found conducting business outside their allotted spaces. Officials said the action is part of the corporation’s ongoing effort to regulate street vending, ensure adherence to the designated vending system and keep public spaces free from unauthorised occupation.The MC reiterated that vendors who have been allotted sites through the prescribed draw-of-lots process must operate strictly from those locations. Officials said vending from old or unauthorised sites will not be permitted.According to the civic body, the enforcement drive is being carried out in compliance with directions issued by the Supreme Court and in accordance with the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, and the Chandigarh Street Vending Bye-Laws, 2018.MC Commissioner Amit Kumar directed field teams to maintain strict vigilance and ensure that vendors removed from unauthorised locations do not reoccupy such sites. The corporation said the drive will continue across different zones to improve compliance and streamline street vending operations in the city.