Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Sep 9: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has identified 27 street vending zones within the city limits and six in Suratkal to accommodate street vendors.
In Lalbagh, 14 fruit vendors will be permitted on Nehru Avenue Cross Road, behind Pabbas. Street food vendors will operate near the water tank at Karavali Utsava grounds. Fifteen vendors will conduct mixed business behind Hopcoms in Mannagudda, while 35 mixed vendors will be located in front of the market at Alake. Additionally, 125 mixed vendors will operate opposite Indira Canteen at State Bank, 74 vendors behind the Football Stadium at State Bank, and 20 vendors near the Kankanady police outpost at Pumpwell Junction. Five fish vendors will be stationed near Pumpwell Bridge, while five mixed vendors will be at Padil Bajal Cross, Kottara Cross, and near Bejai KEB office.
At Nandigudde’s Koti Chennaya Circle, 10 mixed vendors will be allowed, with 15 vendors near Padavinangady Sharbathkatte close to KPT, 10 near Maryhill Petrol Pump, and 150 vendors stretching from the railway station to the RTO office. Additional vendors will be stationed at Derebail Prashant Nagara Church (15), Bondel Junction (5), Kavoor-Marakada Road (10), opposite Kavoor Market (10), and at various locations near Kadri Main Road, Kuntikan Fire Service Depot, and Nandigudde Post Office.
In Suratkal, 20 vendors will operate behind the MUDA market, 30 vendors in the vacant MUDA market area, 20 vendors in front of Katipalla Ganeshapura Temple, 12 near the fish market of the fifth block, and 56 vendors opposite APMC Baikampady.
In the first phase, 93 vendors will operate in the new business zone in front of Indira Canteen at State Bank on Cantonment Ward, out of the 132 available stalls. These include 10 umbrella-based flower vendors, 18 stalls for cloth, bags, fancy items, footwear, and watch repair, 25 fruit stalls, 15 vegetable stalls, and 13 stalls for juice, tender coconut, iron business, and fast food.
Out of the 667 approved street vendors, 93 will have the opportunity to conduct business in this newly developed area.