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Ray of hope for hawkers
Mohalla committees are doing their bit to resolve the issue in the interest of hawkers as well as citizens.
Municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi told TOI that the PMC was open to the idea of accepting the spaces recommended by mohalla committees. "It will indeed be useful for us if the mohalla committees study and suggest such spaces, which will be verified by officials. We have held a meeting with them and we are working on it," Pardeshi said. The Model Colony Area Parisar Samiti had pioneered work on these lines ten years ago, which led to the rehabilitation of vegetable vendors within the Colony itself.
The vendors were provided a mini vegetable market at the roadside, making it convenient for residents. Jaywantrao Mohite, a member of the Model Colony Samiti told TOI that illegal hawkers and vendors had become a problem for the colony about 10 years ago. "Our Samiti members, who then decided to solve the problem, started looking for space where there reserved for civic amenity. We proposed to the PMC that a vegetable market could be set up there, and they accepted the offer. Since then, we don’t have any problems." He said the Samiti members realised that the hawkers were needed because it is the citizens who buy goods from them. "So, how can they be just driven away? Citizens have to take the initiative." Model Colony set an example for others.
All the active Mohalla Committees in the city are currently looking for spaces reserved in the PMC’s development plan. "Our committees in Kalyaninagar, Kondhwa, Dhole Patil road and Mudhwa have already identified such places. I will be compiling a list of all these areas after the search is complete and refer it to the municipal corporation," Satish Khot, president of the National Society for Clean Cities, and umbrella body of Mohalla Committees, said.
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