MCD street vendor elections see tepid response, only 41% turnout
New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday conducted elections among street vendors across the national capital to constitute Town Vending Committees (TVCs) across its 12 administrative zones, a key step towards formalising vending zones and regulating street vending licences. However, the exercise drew a tepid response, with an official voter turnout of just 41%, prompting independent vendors' bodies like National Association of Street Vendors (Nasvi) to raise questions over procedural irregularities.
According to senior MCD officials, the elections were held to form 23 Town Vending Committees across all zones.
"Each TVC will be a 30-member panel. Of these, 12 members will be elected from among the street vendo...
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