Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika

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Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika
MUNICIPAL COPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI
HAWKERS REGULATION BYELAWS STRATEGY FOR MUMBAI
CITY
BY DR. SHANTARAM S. KUDALKAR Deputy Municipal
Commissioner (Hawkers Regulations)
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Mumbai City- Area of wards Population density
per Sq Km(As per 2001 Census)
Wards Area Sq Km 1991 2001
Mumbai 437.71 22677 27366
A 11.41 17381 18479
B 2.46 47854 47168
C 1.78 110802 114001
D 6.63 52018 57744
E 7.41 63089 59424
F 21.17 40048 43082
G 17.85 56297 58260
City 68.78 46342 48581
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Mumbai Suburb- Area of wards Population density
per Sq Km
Wards Area Sq Km 1991 2001
H 21.05 37944 43621
K 47.46 26184 31831
P 64.27 44450 19241
R 77.56 12608 18912
Western 210.34 18770 24400
L 13.46 45809 57817
M 54.92 14984 19827
N 55.44 19125 11175
T 34.84 8704 9477
Eastern 158.66 17667 22111
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Licensed Hawkers in Mumbai

• Squatter Stall 4120
• Squatter Pitch 1814
• Temporary Monthly Permit 2509
• Cobbler Pitch 1946
• Cobbler Stall 923
• P.C.O. Booth 2385
• Mafco Stall 37
• Aarey Sarita Stall 129
• Handicapped Stalls 172
• Jai Jawan Stalls 16
• Sugarcane Crushers 217
• Stall of Maharashtra Federation 8
• Roving Hand Cart 673
• Stationary Hand Cart 185
• Itinerant Hawkers 25
• TOTAL 5159

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Hawkers survey in Mumbai

• In the year 1998, MCGM conducted the survey of
  all licensed and unlicensed hawkers with the help
  of TATA YUVA, an NGO
• As per the said survey, total number of hawkers
  was approximately 1,03,000.

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History of Hawkers related litigations

• 1983 Dispute raised between Bombay Hawkers
  Union MCGM.
• 3.7.1985 Hon Supreme Court directed MCGM
  to regulate the Hawkers activity.
• 1986 - Shri. D.M. Sukhtankar Committee
  formulated the guidelines MCGM approved
  the guidelines.
• 1996 - 488 Nos. Hawking Zones to accommodate
  49,000 Hawkers were declared.

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Recommendations by Shri. D. M. Sukhtankar
CommitteeHawking Prohibited in areas

• Highways
• Arterial Roads
• Subways
• Railway Stations

• Markets
• Religious Places
• Traffic Junctions
• Education Institutes

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History of further Hawkers related litigations

• 1999 - Scheme of accommodating 38,000 Hawkers
  in 377 Hawking Zones Challenged in Hon High
  Court.
• 5.7.2000 - Hon High Court approved the Scheme
  of 187 Hawking Zones with restrictions
• 2002- Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers others
  appealed against the order in Hon Supreme
  Court.

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History of further Hawkers related litigations

• 9.12.2003 - Hon Supreme Court approved the
  Scheme by putting further restrictions
  directing State to finalize the Hawkers
  policy.
• 2006 - A contempt against MCGM was filed by M/s
  City Space, an NGO.
• 12.2.2007 - Hon Supreme Court disposed of all
  the related Petitions, except the contempt
  directed to form the Urban Street Venders
  policy in consistent with the National
  policy on Urban Street Venders.

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Procedure for formulating the policy

• National Policy for Urban Street Venders.
• State policy to regulate activity of Urban
  Street Venders.
• Policy to regulate activity of Urban Street
  Vender in the city of Mumbai.
• Approval from Law Committee the Corporation to
  the draft policy.
• Inviting suggestions and objections.
• Final draft of the policy by incorporating valid
  suggestions and objections.
• Approvals of final draft from Law Committee and
  the Corporation.
• Publication of the final policy in government
  gazette.

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Structure of the Hawkers Policy for Mumbai city

• Institutional frame work for regulating Hawkers
  activity.
• Registration of Hawkers and Planning Hawking /
  non-Hawking Zones.
• Creating new areas for Hawking activity.
• Procedures for distributing places.
• Welfare activities for Hawkers.
• Control and Regulations of Hawking activity.

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Institutional Frame work for regulating Hawkers
activity

• City Hawkers Committee of MCGM.
• Hon Mayor as Chairman other members to take
  policy decision at the apex level.
• Ward Hawkers Committee.
• Ward Prabhag Samiti Adhyaksha as Chairman other
  members to take policy decisions pertaining to
  the ward to function under the direction of
  MCGM City Hawkers Committee.
• Ward Hawkers Technical Committee.
• Assistant Commissioner of the ward as Chairman
  his other officers as members to take all
  Technical Decisions to decide the Hawking /
  non-Hawking Zones to implement the policy.

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Registration of Hawkers

• The PCO booths, cobblers pitch/stalls, Arey
  Sarita Stalls Other general stalls licensed
  earlier by MCGM shall continue as licensed
  Hawkers and they are excluded from definition of
  Registered Hawkers.
• All other Hawkers shall be registered as
  Stationery Hawkers and Itinerary Hawkers.
• The registration of new Hawkers shall be by
  calling applications and allotment after drawing
  lots.
• Meticulous record keeping, issuing identity cards
  forming SHGs to regulate their own activities.

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Planning Hawking / non-Hawking Zones

• Hawkers registered under this policy will be in
  following three categories
• Stationery Hawkers in Hawking Zone-I.
• Stationery Hawkers in Temporary Hawking Zone-I.
• Itinerary Hawkers in Temporary Hawking Zone-I,
  Hawking Zone-II in the private areas permitted
  for Hawking.
• Non-Hawking Zone criteria
• Prohibited area on account of security
  confidentiality.
• Places of worships, markets, hospitals, school
  colleges.
• Crowded places with traffic congestion, railway
  foot over bridges, flyover bridges, traffic
  junctions.

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Creating new areas for Hawking activity

• Proposed amendments to DC rules
• Creating food plazas.
• Night time food courts.
• Weekly / weekend food courts.
• Pitches in private premises to sell vegetables /
  fruits / eggs / milk.
• Provide pitches in municipal market to sell
  vegetables / fruits / eggs / milk.

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Procedures for distributing places.

• Relocating licensed stationery Hawkers from
  non-Hawking to Hawking Zone.
• Inviting the applications for Registrations.
• Working out number of available pitches.
• Forming a Committee to draw the lots.
• Allotment of pitches to Registered Hawkers after
  drawing the lots.
• Issuing the identity cards forming SHGs.

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Welfare activities for Hawkers

• Forming Self Help Groups (SHG).
• Financial assistance to share capital.
• Insurance coverage.
• Periodical health check-up.
• Training development of skills.

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Control and Regulations of Hawking activity

• Dividing the Hawking non-Hawking Zones into
  beats.
• Beat wise responsibility to the Officers.
• Amendments in MCGM Act Mumbai Police Act to
  deal with the violations by un-authorized
  authorized Hawkers.

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