Women get a seat at the table to implement Mumbai hawkers’ policy
Hindustan TimesMumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday drew a lottery at its headquarters for reservation of women in the Town Vending Committee, who will participate in the implementation of hawker’s policy. “This is the first time that a move to include women in the committee was made,” said Kiran Dighavkar, deputy municipal commissioner, additional charge, who chaired the lottery. Welcoming BMC’s move of female representation in the committee, Nikhil Desai, member of TVC from Zone III said, “Women hawkers will now be better represented as they face different kinds of harassment from officers, who do not always want monetary favours. The way forward Dighavkar said a notification will be issued and election held for representation of hawkers for the seven zonal committees and the apex committee, after which a guideline for the implementation of the hawkers’ policy – issuing licences, forming hawking zones etc – will be done.
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