The proposed vendors zone for street hawkers which was mooted decades ago is set to materialise with the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) submitting the proposals to establish three such facilities in its jurisdiction.
Sources in the MCC said it is proposed to have 9 such zones in each of the revenue divisions of the city corporation and the project will be funded under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY NULM). But out of 9, proposals have been submitted to establish three vendors zones and are likely to be approved after which the project will be implemented.
This is expected to provide a source of security and livelihood to the most vulnerable section among the traders who tend to be street vendors and hawkers. The three vendors zones that have been identified are going to come up in Ward Number 17, opposite St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bannimantap; on New Kantharaja Urs Road in Ward Number 56; and near the P and T Quarters, N.R.Mohalla in Ward Number 14, according to MCC officials.
