MCC to Issue Identity Cards to 66 Street Vendors in Mangalore on November 1

The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will give identity cards to 66 street vendors, who have pushcarts, at a function to be held in Mangalore on November 1. The identify cards have details of residential areas where the street vendors have to operate. These vendors are permitted to sell the articles using their pushcarts in the designated areas. These vendors have to be on the move and cannot stop or sit in an area and sell their articles.

MCC Commissioner C.L. Anand said as many as 900 applications were submitted for issuance of identity cards. After processing those applications, identity cards were given to 66 pushcart street vendors. Process was on to identify about three street vending zones for each of the 60 wards of Mangalore city. These zones will have temporary shelters and other basic facilities for vendors. Separate identity cards will be issued to vendors, who will sit and sell their products in the vending zones. As many as 400 vendors have applied for identity cards for operating in these vending zones.