The Times of India             22.08.2013

Kanpur municipal corporation to adopt peddle policy for easy flow of traffic, revenue

KANPUR: Kanpur municipal corporation, in a bid to generate revenue, is now going to adopt peddle policy and has even started spade work in this regard from Tuesday last.

Apparently, it is being publicized that with the implementation of Peddle policy the city would get rid of traffic jams at various crossings and vehicular movement could be made smooth. Besides, the municipal corporation would also be able to generate revenue of Rs 20 to 25 from each vendor of Peddle policy.

Incharge of zone-4 has taken initiative in this regard and zonal head Rajeev Shukla visited two locations at Medical College crossing and Arya Nagar Sabji Mandi for the purpose. Rajeev Shukla said he had identified the places where cart vendors and shanty shop vendors could be shifted.

His squad first visited Medical College crossing and found that fruit venders had encroached a lot of space near bus stand. Though, initially he removed the fruit vendors from the crossing. Later, he spotted a spot near JK Cancer Hospital in Rawatpur suitable for putting up fruit market. Shukla said that approximately 35 fruit carts could be accommodated there.

Thereafter, he went to Arya Nagar Sabji Mandi where he found several vegitable vendors occupying a major part of the road resulting in snail pace traffic in the area. He said a that a piece of land near Alen Ganj could accommodate approximately 30 carts.

Talking to TOI he said the state had enforced Peddle policy three years ago but the work couldn't progress in this regard in the city due to some reasons. Now, the corporation has reconsidered the policy and it is being implemented in the city. All the zones have been activated in this regard. Approximately, 65 spots would be identified for vending zone.

Former municipal commissioner NK Singh Chauhan had also conducted a survey at Arya Nagar, Phool Bagh and other places of the city for vending zones. The basic idea at that time was to collect all the scattered vendors of the locality in a systemised way and develop a mini-market at one place so that roads and crossings could be made encroachment free resulting in a smooth traffic flow.

Meanwhile, the municipal corporation had prepared a draft to spend a sum of Rs 56.82 crore for the development work in the city and construction of roads. Recently, Sriprakash Singh, special secretary of Nagar Vikas, in a letter, asked the officials to execute their planning through UP Vyapar Vikas fund. Under this head corporation would connect markets with industrial zones by construction of roads culverts and bridges.

Around 60 works have been identified and their proposal would be sent to the district magistrate for approval. District magistrate, Sameer Verma, in a letter, asked the corporation officials to send him projects along with the estimate and details about the fund under which the work is to be done so that he might take further actions in this regard.