PANCHKULA: The municipal corporation conducted a draw of lots to allot sites to street vendors on Friday. Sites were allotted to 111 street vendors after the draw, said joint MC commissioner Sayyam Garg.
The draw of lots for street vendors was cancelled this August as the MC dissolved the existing town vending committee. The draw of lots was conducted after the constitution of the new town vending committee. The slips were taken out by vendors present.
Sayyam said sites had been allotted in sectors 2, 4, 8, 15 and 19. Earlier, he said, the draw was conducted twice to place vendors in Sector 2 but till date, no vendors has been allotted a site there.
The residents welfare association of Sector 12 moved high court against allotment of sites in their sector but the HC directed them to take up the matter with the MC first. The issue has not been resolved yet and no vendor has been placed in Sector 12.
Till date, the MC has been successful in allocating street vending sites in sectors 4, 15 and 19 for approximately 458 vendors. Following opposition from residents of Sector 19, the site allocation was stalled here also. Only 50% of the total 458 vendors in the first phase have acquired sites in sectors 4 and 15.
According to the MC plan, authorities need 24 sites in town for the vending zones identified by Huda. In the survey, MC identified 4,000 vendors to be rehabilitated in the city but till date, only 200 to 250 have been allocated sites.
