By At least 350 illegal street vendors operating under the street vending zones of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) have been directed to hand over their carts within a week’s time period or face legal action.
MCG deputy municipal commissioner Dr Vijaypal Yadav, who oversees the civic body’s street vending project, said that the civic body found at least 350 illegal street carts operational. Yadav said that as per the MCG’s street vending policy, original licensees of the carts cannot lease or transfer the ownership to another person.
Around 1,600 street vendors are operating in MCG’s 125 street vending zones. The MCG’s first street vending zone opened in November 2016, on a vacant plot opposite Medanta Hospital in Sector 32. An MCG street vending zones is a designated area where street vendors, mainly food or beverage vendors, sell their products to residents at affordable rates.
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