LMC Fails to Keep Vendors off Streets

Lalitpur, Oct 5-Lalitpur sub-Metropolitan City’s (LMC) efforts to keep the city clean by removing vendors from the streets of Mangal Bazaar, Tangal and Lagankhel areas have failed after it could not effectively implement the regulation.
In February, the LMC had given warnings to the vendors to remove their shops from the streets. The LMC had imposed the new regulation to lessen the chaos created by the growing number of vendors on pavements and narrow streets.
Though the new regulation affected around a thousand vendors at Lagankhel and Mangal Bazaar, officials at the LMC say the same was implemented with a view to making the mobility of vehicles and pedestrians easier.
Yam Kumar Bhurtel, who is originally from Udaypur and is a part-time vendor at the Durbar Square for over two years, said, “Last time, the regulation to keep the vendors off the streets was strictly implemented only for a month.” “The regulation was strictly implemented for around 100 days,” Pradeep Amatya, environmental engineer at LMC, said.“But after the vendors started accusing us of threatening their livelihood, we did not strictly implement the regulation,” he added.He said the regulation does not remain effective during the festive season.