India, April 21 -- The Greater Noida Authority has decided to allot 673 vending spaces across the state under its street vendor policy to regulate roadside encroachments, said officials on Monday.

Officials said the scheme aims to manage unauthorised vendors, which often causes traffic and ensure livelihood security for licensed vendors.

According to the plan, the highest number of spaces have been earmarked in Pi-1/2 (160), followed by Omicron-3 (86) and Beta-1 and Delta-1 (75 each).

Other sectors include Xu-2 (70), Alpha-2 (47), Xu-3 (45), Omicron-1A (39), Gamma-2 (37) and Delta-3 (34). Beta-2 has been allocated five spaces, the lowest.

"The distribution has been planned to balance demand and footfall across residential and commerci...