India, March 7 -- In a move aimed at organising roadside vending and easing traffic congestion, 20 street vendors in Greater Noida have been allotted designated platforms in newly developed vending zones across the city, officials said on Friday.

The allotment is part of a larger initiative under which 769 vending platforms have been developed across 12 sectors to provide fixed spaces for vendors who typically operate from roadside carts.

According to officials, the platforms have been constructed in Sectors Alpha II, Beta I and II, Sector 36, Omicron I-A and III, Zeta II and III, Gamma II, Delta I and III, and Pi I and II. The first batch of 20 vendors has been allotted platforms in Alpha II, Beta II and Sector 36.

Officials said the ...