Congress leader objects to eviction of street vendors without alternative arrangements

Congress leader M. Lakshmana submitting a memorandum against eviction of street vendors to Regional Commissioner Nitesh Patil, in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. A. Sriram Congress leader M. Lakshmana on Friday led a delegation of street vendors to Regional Commissioner Nitesh Patil in Mysuru and submitted a representation opposing the ongoing eviction drive against street vendors in the city without providing them alternative spaces to carry on their livelihood.In the memorandum submitted to Mr. Patil, who is also the Administrator of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Mr. Lakshmana took serious exception to the civic body’s eviction drives against “poor street vendors who have been earning their livelihood for several years by selling fruits, vegetables and clothes” on footpaths alo