Street vendors
- Bangalore
Nearly 500 km of Bengaluru footpaths cleared of encroachments
Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has accelerated its footpath encroachment removal campaign, clearing nearly 500 km of pedestrian pathways across the city between July 1 and July 10. Official figures show…
- Bangalore
Footpath encroachment clearance drive in Bengaluru from July 1
Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will launch a citywide footpath encroachment clearance drive from July 1 across five municipal corporations under its jurisdiction as part of the ‘Safe Pedestrian Path Campaign’.…
- Telangana
Civil society body seeks statutory heat relief fund for Telangana workers
Hyderabad: A national civil society alliance has written to Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy demanding immediate and legally enforceable measures to protect informal workers from extreme heat, warning that inaction would amount…
- Hyderabad
Charminar extortion racket: Police crack down on ‘hidden tax’ on shopkeepers
Hyderabad: The Charminar Police on Wednesday, April 15, issued a “final warning” to people involved in illegal “mamool” collection – extortion from shopkeepers and street vendors – in the area, saying any violation…
- Hate Crime
Only Hindus can work in Hindu area: Street vendor driven out in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: A Muslim vendor in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad was driven out of a Hindu-dominated colony by members allegedly associated with the Bajrang Dal. Although the incident occurred on April 8, a video surfaced…
- Hyderabad
Restaurants, street vendors hiking prices amid LPG crisis, survey finds
A recent survey conducted by Local Circles, a community social media platform focusing on governance and urban daily life, revealed that a majority of urban consumers are bearing the brunt of the…
- Telangana
Support pours in for vendor targeted over ‘food jihad’ during Medaram Jatara
Hyderabad: A Muslim street vendor from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, was made to eat his own food to prove he was not committing “food jihad” before a group of YouTubers during the Medaram…
- Telangana
Telangana govt to introduce Rs 25K financial aid scheme for street vendors
Hyderabad: Considering the recurrent concerns raised by the AIMIM leaders for the welfare of street vendors, Telangana home minister, Mahmood Ali said that the state government will be rolling out another financial…
- India
Loans to street vendors: Centre directs banks, civic bodies to work in tandem
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Bhagwat K Karad has asked banks and civic bodies to collaborate to achieve the goals of the PM SVANidhi scheme, which was launched to help street vendors get easy…
