In Indore, Hawker's Zone will help clear encroachment on main city roads

In a bid to make Indore a smart city, there are a slew of projects that are under the works. Now, in a step towards clearing out encroachments by street vendors and hawkers, civic body in Indore plans to come up with a Hawker's zone that will act as a hub for almost all of these vendors.

The goal is to have 9 such zones all across the city. In turn, the roadside vegetable sellers and haat bazaars will be moved to one of these zones, which will become a hub for shopping. This is a small step towards the smart city project that, of late, has taken Indore by storm.

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In Indore, the 9 vendor zones that are set to come up, will house vendors and sellers from 11 existing roadside bazaars. Eventually, making the roads clear and free of encroachment, in end being safer and decongested. In the 11 bazaars, there is an estimation that there are 900 vendors.

Authorities have already identified the areas where the vendors will be relocating to. These areas are rather spacious, which makes them perfect for becoming shopping hubs. Soon, you could have one such hub near your place, making shopping a lot more convenient and roads a tad safer. Areas such as Luv Kush Mandi, Barla Khajrana, Malwa Mill, Itwariya Bazaar and a few more are being taken into consideration. Each of these places have been carefully decided following traffic inspections and other surveys.

At any rate, the vendors as well as locals will have a better time here at the hawker's zone. Authorities have stated that they aim to provide the basic necessities to all sellers as well as vendors, which should make setting up here a breeze.

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Indore's journey towards a smart city is one that is transforming the city altogether. This is just another one of those highly progressive steps that takes Indore closer to a great metro city.