India, July 18 -- Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that Lakhanpur has been selected among 50 towns across the country to be developed as a 'street food hub' under the PM SVANidhi initiative, while announcing the construction of a Rs 1.5 crore gateway monument at the entry point to Jammu and Kashmir.

The minister, who was accorded a warm welcome by street food vendors and traders during his visit to the Lakhanpur Vendors Market, said the Narendra Modi Government has, for the first time, prioritised the welfare of street vendors through a dedicated national scheme. Addressing vendors and traders, Singh said successive Governments had ignored the concerns of street vendors, but the PM SVANidhi scheme has brought them into the ma...