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Srinagar to get designated Street Food Zones
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has issued operational guidelines for designated Street Food Cart Zones, aiming to organise street vending under a structured framework. In the first phase, locations include Dalgate Bund,…
The Story in Brief
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has issued operational guidelines for designated Street Food Cart Zones, aiming to organise street vending under a structured framework. In the first phase, locations include Dalgate Bund, Badamwari, JVC Bemina, Magarmal Bagh, and Rajbagh.
Commissioner Fazlul Haseeb said the goal is to create clean, dignified spaces for vendors while ensuring food safety, sanitation, and traffic management. Food carts must conform to standardised designs, display FSSAI permits and price lists, and comply with hygiene and waste management rules. The guidelines follow the Street Vendors Act of 2014 and J&K rules of 2020.
The Indian Opinion
Some critics may dismiss this as yet another bureaucratic layer on small vendors, but the SMC has rightly focused on dignity and predictability rather than displacement. The real test is implementation: will poorer vendors be priced out by standardisation costs? Watch how many illegal carts still operate alongside the official zones after six months.
Source: greaterkashmir.com
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