Sorry picture of vending zones constructed in Patna
The Patna Municipal Corporation operates under 6 circles and there had been a drive some months ago to erect vending shelters in different parts of the town. The saddest part of the story is that the vending shelters are set up, but the allotment has not been done as in most cities.
This thought he Patna Municipal Corporation has awarded license and cards to the vendors. On the contrary in spite of having these documents, they are harassed on one pretext or the other of being encroachers. Their goods ore confiscated; their carts smashed and to top it up they have to pay a fine and some of them never get back their goods.
We work to generating awareness about the “Street Vendors Act 2014” about ensuring that the rights of the vendors are not violated. Somehow the system has failed and there is no accountable mechanism that keeps people to give a report of what has happened. Yet the poor vendors fall easy prey to those who come to evict them, with no safety and security of any kind.