The Hindu 22.06.2016
Civic body holds meet to discuss Vendors Act
: As a precursor to the implementation of the Street
Vendors’ (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending)
Act, 2014, the Oulgaret Municipality on Wednesday held a preliminary
meeting with stakeholders comprising street vendors, traders and
representatives of political parties.
Municipal
Commissioner M.S.Ramesh said the meeting was held to elicit the views
and suggestions from stakeholders on the implementation of rules.
Before
the implementation of the provisions of Act, the government should make
rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act and a Town Vending
Committee should be constituted under the chairmanship of Municipal
Commissioner.
The Act says members may be nominated
to the committee by the Government, representing the local authority,
medical officer of the local authority, the planning authority, traffic
police, police, association of street vendors, market associations,
traders associations, NGOs, community-based organisations, resident
welfare associations, banks and such other interests as it deemed fit.
CPI
(M) unit secretary R.Rajangam said, “The livelihood of street vendors
should not be affected by regulating the trade. We suggested to the
authorities to first constitute a town vending committee before trying
to regulate the trade.”