hawkers in mumbai

8/2/2019 Hawkers in Mumbai

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Group members-

1.Vishal Patil2.Mohd. Hanzala

3.Rahil Shaikh

4.Vikrant Sood

5.Supatfa Dhekial Phukan



introduction

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Hawkers have become an integral part of Mumbai city.There is a repel effect of their presence and absence.There are over 2.5 lakh illegal hawkers in Mumbai, while only around 17,000 vendors hold valid licences.Hawkers want around 280 additional roads declared ashawking zones. Of these, the BMC has agreed to 105roads, adding approximately 8,oo0 hawkers to theroads.

There are four main areas they affect:

y Social

y Political

y Environmental

y Economical



Social Effect

Migration There are a large number of opportunity seekers migrating to

Mumbai.

Inconvenience to Residents and Pedestrians Hawkers encroaching the

footpaths make it difficult for residents and pedestrians who instead use the roadscausing more accidents and traffic jams.

Child Labour - Employing children below the age of 15 years, which is illegal . Italso deprives them of basic education.

Exploitation of Labour - Uneducated people are employed on very low

wages, and made to work for long working hours.

Decrease in Crime This sector provides employment to many uneducatedpeople who otherwise might turn anti-social.



Political Effect

y Bribe (Hafta) The TISS survey says unlicenced hawkerspay hafta to the tune of Rs 324 crore annually inMumbai.

y Vote Bank Politics Politicians offer their support toillegal hawkers in exchange for their votes.

y Regional Communalism Residents of certain areas

tolerate illegal hawkers of certain caste and communities while taking action against other hawkers.



Economical Effect

Effect on Organized Retail Hawkers setting up stallsoutside shopping malls and shops indirectly hits theirbusiness.

Piracy L

atest Movies and unreleased software's areeasily available in the market, which encourages piracy.

Big Market for Chinese Goods Duplicate and Chinesegoods are being dumped in the market.

Unaccountability The profit made by the hawkerscannot be calculated. While the licensed hawkers pay tax,the illegal ones evade tax.



Environmental Effect

Pollution Land pollution is caused by the vegetable vendors who dispose the garbage in the market. Air pollutionis caused by usage of stoves in the open by hawkers ,

which is illegal. Water pollution is a major concern, ashawkers set up stalls at beaches and seashores and

pollute the water and the environment.

Inferior Quality of Goods - Goods sold by the hawkers are of inferior quality. They also use lowquality goods for eatables which isdangerous for consumption.

Use of plastic bags - Less than 50 microns plastics are used by hawkers . These plastic bags are notrecyclable and hazardous for theenvironment.

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