Delhi to implement Street Vendors Act: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Claiming to be the first city to implement the Street Vendors Act, 2014, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that the city government will legalise the street vendors and hawkers and will provide them protection in the national capital.
“Delhi will become the first state to implement the Act. Under it, 28 town vending committees have been set up and a notification has been issued. The election for the committees too has been done,” Kejriwal said.
The committees, each having 30 members, have 12 vendors or hawkers as their team, while rest of the members are officials, town planners, police and traffic police, and RWAs and market association, and officials from the health department he said.
Kejriwal said the MCDs and the civic bodies have been asked to conduct a survey of vendors through their respective town vending committees.
After the survey is completed, street vendors will be given certificates and thereafter, licences will be issued.
“The licences will have the name of the owner, address and the place of vending, and this will ensure that they are not harassed by anyone,” Kejriwal said.