Valerian Dalmaida, Mangalore/Abu Dhabi

MCC do not sleep! At last you have woken up! The visit of Mayors and some Corporators to foreign countries finally paying off! But beware, this is not enough. Cleaning means not one or two streets, but the entire area under Mangalore Corporation. You may have troubles, but you have started cleaning, dont target only these people, but you must continue the drive against everyone who has encroached the public area/land irrespective class, culture and religion. You will be successful only when you do like this. Do not fear.My best wishes to all of you

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Vinson Vaz, Kadri, Mangalore/Kuwait

There are two elements involved here. One the hawkers are illegally hawkng their goods on the pavements without any fee, which ethically speaking is WRONG(Sometimes a daily fee is collected by the gate collector as they are called) and the other is the licensed hawkers inside the legal premises who go about doing business for a fee paid by them as rent and tax on a monthly basis.

While the pavement hawkers make brisk business during peak business times and depart, the regular shop vendors are left to their own devices the entire day depending on the customers. There are also hidden elements involved in this area, the regular policemen on beat(One needs to check out on any sunday in the market road to central market are)who demand a regular bribe. Then appear the serious, honest looking municial officers who come about doing a pretentious inspection, who also demand bribe in all types.

These municipal officers propose to the corporation to eradicate these street vendors and erect non movable structures in the form of buildings for the betterment of these hawkers and on completion of these buildings, themselves acquire them and then rent them out. Take the buildings erected in the area of nanthur park, these are mostly allotted to corporators who in turn rent them out to the public and make some more (MORE) money in the process after all they are representing the local areas and off course they do help when you need the lights fixed when the street lights are out etc.

People of Mangalore, wake up please from the deepest slumber you have all been sleeping. My one and only question with regard to the above article on eviction of street hawkers is what happens to all the goods, tables etc confiscated in the process? If it is not released by the individual owners by claiming it for a fine, where does it all go. Has any Mangalorean ever asked any official about it.

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Ansar Hussain, Mangalore/Dubai

This is really ridiculous.......only poor people are targeted and not the rich one ......i know footpath are meant for pedestrian to walk,however the autorithy should allocate some place to them to do the business and also should take certain steps to demolish unauthorised building.

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Ranjith Poojary, Mangalore

The authorities should have evicted then and given their belongings instead of stealing them off or maybe even selling them off later.. do you think that the collected goods will be destroyed.. no way.. it will be redistributed to the staff at the great MCC..

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Ozie Cuntinha, Mangalore

Taking action only against such vendors is unfair. They should first take action against those who have illegally occupied portions of government owned roads for constructing commercial buildings and those who have not provided for parking facilities in the buildings.

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ravi, mangalore

I feel very sorry for the poor vendors, They should be given back what is taken. I can say the main reason for this is population growth. Vendors make business on streets without permission. One day this is going to happen.

For example: a person does his business where it is not authorised, when he is alone it will go smoothly,but looking at this the other vendors start their business on that place(not authorised). At that time when this place is asked to vacate, he should vacate, because it is not permitted to do business in that place.

Even the authorities should be punished severly, beacuse they take bribe from this vendors and help them. If the authorities would have taken step when the first vendor had started business. There would not be any problem. But first authority should take steps to demolish the unauthorised buildings.

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cyril mathias, udupi

No doubt the city footpaths are meant for the pedestrians but there are the poor vendors who have to maintain their families.The corporation will do well by giving these vendors an alternate place to run their business.

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vijay kamath, mangalore/dubai

it is good to see mangalore getting cleaned,but what about the area after bajilakeri,where the scrap merchants are using the roads as if they have taken it on lease.the cross road which goes to bunder,has been used as open air warehouses by few a steel merchants.i would appreciate if mangalore municipality can take action against these law breakers

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Farooque Mohd. Bunder, Mangalore

Did the Civic authorities issue any prior notice or warning to footpath vendors before they evict their petty stalls, vegetables & fruits? The Civil authorities should arrange the suitable places to footpath vendors.

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rashmi, Mangalore

Mangalore must keep clean and nit Whoever tell about poor.. Everyone must study get education and get good job.. govt, have lot of facilities . must learn to how use.. not selling in the street..who ever think about poor. india is not poor country you work heard get everything in india

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jossy tauro, mangalore/abudhabi

its sad to the poor peopel loosing their goods .but it is not right also selling things on footpath...

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bharath shetty, Kateel-USA

These authorities do not have guts (rather bribed) to take actions against big fishes, building law violators. For fake fame, every 15 days they trouble poor vendors whose life depends on day to day selling...Please provide them some place for selling. India is shining only for corrupt people

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Zakeer , Kodi, Kundapura / Khobar Saudi Arabia

Shameless Politicians.........

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Nazeer, Mangalore

all of us should come foward to help them and they should get some alternative for thier business,where poor people will go?

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AHMED NAWAZ, MANGALORE

POOR PEOPLE!, HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT INDIA IS ONLY FOR RELIANCE FRESH AND ALL THE OTHER GIANTS... ANYWAY, "INDIA IS SHINING AND POLITICIANS ARE GAINING"...

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Mohammed Fhiroze, Mangalore

This is really unjustice......

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