Hawkers

Street hawkers’ body urges Centre to issue national guidelines to protect vendors from heatwaves

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Street hawkers’ body urges Centre to issue national guidelines to protect vendors from heatwaves

The National Hawkers Federation (NHF) on Friday (April 11, 2025) urged the Centre to issue national-level guidelines to protect street vendors from the rising threat of heatwaves. The increasing temperatures are putting the lives and livelihoods of over two crore vendors at risk, it said. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union … Read more

CPI(M) to hold ‘Hawkers Rayabaram’ to highlight woes on Feb. 19

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CPI(M) to hold ‘Hawkers Rayabaram’ to highlight woes on Feb. 19

: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) would conduct ‘Hawkers Rayabaram’ near the Collectorate in Vijayawada on February 19 (Monday). Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao and others said that the State was collecting ₹50 crore illegally from the hawkers and street vendors in the city. The … Read more