Overview

• The Kolkata Municipal Corporation directed hawkers to vacate black-topped zones in New Market following a June 4 Town Vending Committee meeting.
• The civic body agreed to rehabilitate 56 documented hawkers facing eviction by identifying alternative trading spaces.
• The Town Vending Committee has proposed allowing licensed mobile vendors to operate in and around New Market from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. under a new mobile vending system.
• Authorities will expedite the issuance of hawker certificates to resolve long-standing documentation delays for legitimate traders.
• TVC members are split on police enforcement of hawking regulations, with some praising cooperation and others blaming inaction and alleging union misconduct.