Addressing a news conference, NASVI Co-ordinator Arvind Singh said that since the problems encountered by the street vendors here in Mangalore is similar to those of the vendors across the country, Mangalore City Corporation must conduct a survey of all the street vendors and strive to regulate the street vendors.

“If street vendors are regulated then it will create a win-win situation for all. The lives of the vendors will be secured and at the same time the money that they would otherwise shell out at the police and the anti-socials can be brought as revenue to the Corporation,” he added.

He said that a vendors committee must be constituted here with representations from the street vendors and take up demarcation of hawking zone, vending zones and non vending zones by the committee and all the vendors must be accommodated in these vending zones itself. He further added that the new entrants must be registered and only then they must be allowed to do vending in the region.

He informed that most of states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh either have implemented their state policy or the national policy.

Rita Noronha from Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, Mangalore Street Vendors Association President Latheef and others were present.