‘Where should we go?’ evicted street vendors protest against footpath drive
Street vendors in India are protesting against a city-wide eviction drive that has destroyed their livelihoods and property. The protesters argue that the government failed to follow the legal procedures mandated by the Street Vendors Act of 2014.
Thousands of street vendors, whose livelihoods were uprooted after the city corporations launched a drive to reclaim pedestrian space, gathered at Freedom Park on Wednesday. Markets across the city observed a bandh as vendors demanded an immediate halt to the eviction drive until town vending committees (TVCs) are constituted, and the provisions of the Street Vendors Act are implemented.
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