Bengaluru: After the Bowring Hospital wall collapse incident that killed seven people and left nine injured, Meenakshi Kovil Road, now, wears a grim look with no sign of a vendor.
The daily income of the vendors has been hit as they were shifted from their usual selling areas. This has left around 400 families without an immediate source of income and no alternative place to do business.
Speaking to DH, Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad said, “The government has banned the setting up of stalls on footpaths on both sides of the road for security purposes. The area is crowded so we immediately find another place for vendors to conduct their business.”
He also said that the government has conducted mahazar to understand the condition of the wall.
“We will wait for the next three to four days for the report or see what we can do next.”
Mohammad Sajid, one of the vendors in the lane, said: “The government is talking about freeing us, but we cannot move from here and suddenly build a livelihood elsewhere.”
Shahbaz Khan, another vendor who usually sells shoes, said: “I have children and elderly parents at home. If this situation continues, without being able to do business, I may not be able to do both.”
Vendors also said they had licenses from the corporation to do business, and getting a license again for a new location could be challenging.
