Nagaland all set to protect livelihood of street vendors

The Nagaland government is gearing up to implement the Nagaland Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Scheme and Rules 2019 from July.

This was informed by Mission Director for State Urban Development Agency (SUDA), S Takatuba Aier during a programme here on Friday.

Aier distributed 10 giant umbrellas among women street vendors on the occasion.

Aier informed that the state government has enacted the Nagaland Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Scheme and Rules and that was published in the gazette on April 15.

Both the scheme and rules would be fully implemented across all the municipal and town councils of the state from July 2019, he said.

Once the scheme and rule comes into force, the respective municipal and town councils shall constitute respective Town Vending Committee (TVC) for allocation of proper space for the street vendors and also provide other facilities, besides looking into their security and welfare, he said.

Addressing the gathering Governor P B Acharya said, "The security and respect of the street vendors should be given priority."