The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Safe pedestrian infrastructure should not come at the cost of the livelihoods: Civil society groups
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The Hindu Bureau
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A coalition of civil society groups has urged the Karnataka government to halt eviction drives against street vendors in Bengaluru. They argue that pedestrian infrastructure improvements should not come at the expense of the livelihoods of the urban poor.
A coalition of several society organisations has written to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, requesting the State government to halt blanket eviction drives against street vendors and first fully implement the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.
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