ITANAGAR, Jun 2: The All Capital Complex Street Vendor Association, affiliated to National Hawkers Federation in a representation to  Itanagar MLA Techi Kaso  requested for recommendation to the competent authority of the District Administration  for notification of proper vending zones in the Capital Region.
The vendors who met the MLA mentioned that the vendors of Capital Region started to operate their respective businesses under the provision of the Street Vendors ( Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act  2014 and the Arunachal Pradesh Street Vendors ( Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2018 with effect from the year 2015.
Various Vending zones were earlier notified at  different locations of the Capital Complex but later Vending 2 and Vending 3 near Clock Tower and Bank of Baroda , Itanagar were evicted by the District Magistrate- cum- Highway Administrator on 4th March 2022.
Due to such evictions, so many women vendors having valid certificate have been  rendered jobless and are facing hardship as they have not been given re-allotments.
The team also met the Deputy Commissioner  ICR Talo Potom, Asst Commissioner,Itanagar Municipal Corporation Datum Gadi in this regard. The DC informed that the Vending zone  issue within ICR is a subject matter of the Itanagar Municipal Corporation. 
On being approached by the vendors  team, APWWS  ( CEC) President Kani Nada Maling and Asst Secretary General  Taku Yasap also  accompanied the vendors in these meetings.
Maling, said that many women vendors  are the only  bread earners in the family and entire family depends on them for their  livelihood so it is important to have them relocated to designated vending zones.
She appealed to the MLA and IMC to address the  grievances of the women vendors at the earliest.

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