Future of street foods in Delhi bleak - Delhi bans cooking on roads

Street food culture is integral with any city but, soon, Delhi may forget the concept of street foods because the policy decision imposes a blanket ban on cooking on the streets – it also has many stringent measures, which vendors claim could lead to more harassment for them. Vendors' associations are, therefore, planning to meet chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and register their protest against the scheme for implementation of the Street Vendors Act, 2014.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 16 October 2015.

The ban on roadside cooking or in the open is based on an order of the Supreme Court and hence will have to be imposed. The vendors' associations says that the lives and livelihood of of lakhs of vendors would be affected since a majority of them sell food.
Brief details of the new scheme - vendors cannot cook, they can work only from sunrise to sunset, and they cannot leave their goods at the vending site. Moreover, no electricity and water connection will be provided. Another restraint – the vendors are not supposed to make noise to grab attention of customers. They have to also ensure that customers do not park their vehicles in front of their stalls.
The government has laid down stringent measures with fines ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 2,000 per day in case of non-compliance.
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