After benefiting millions of deserving people, the government has launchedthe Ehsaas Street Hawkers initiative to ensure their socio-economic uplift.
In the first phase, the program is being piloted in Islamabad with acollaboration among the Capital Development Authority (CDA), IslamabadCapital Territory Administration (ICTA), the Metropolitan CorporationIslamabad (MCI), and the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)under Mazdoor Ka Ehsaas program.
Under this initiative, around 200 vendors in Islamabad have receivedvending licenses issued by the municipality and new eco-friendly carts.
A beneficiary of the Ehsaas Streer Hawkers initiative from G-11, Syed TahirSardar, said that he was happy that any government heeded the concerns ofthe street vendors.
“This is for the first time in the history that any government paid heed tothe concerns of the street vendors and took steps to ensure theirrespectable earning through providing them a proper legal space, licensecertificate, and new eco-friendly carts,” he said.
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Sardar, who repairs watches, said that many other people like him havebenefited from this scheme.
“Earlier, we were facing issues due to sitting illegally in the mainmarkets and bearing loss whenever Capital Development Authority (CDA)launched encroachment operations,” he said.
