The Hindu 07.12.2013
Civic body to enumerate traders in twin cities
With a view to generate a precise picture of trading activity and to
determine the actual number of traders operating in the city, the GHMC
will conduct an exhaustive survey.
Interestingly, the civic body
will empanel agencies to hold a comprehensive trade licence survey,
which will begin once the agencies are zeroed in on. The initiative is
expected to go a long way in streamlining the trade licence section.
“There
could be several traders operating without licence and many others with
license, but have folded up the business. This survey will fill in
these gaps and enable us to understand the activity better,” an official
said. The enumeration will cover circles four, five, seven, eight,
nine, 10 and 18. “Last year, we carried out a survey of the peripheral
areas employing our staff, but there are some issues in the erstwhile
MCH areas, which will be addressed during the present exercise. The
focus is on the Central Zone and parts of the South Zone,” L. Vandan
Kumar, Additional Commissioner (Health & Sanitation), said. The
decision follows the Lokayukta’s directive to the municipal body to
complete the survey by Dec. 30.
The civic body will outsource the work and will empanel agencies to hold a comprehensive trade licence survey.
