Devang Dani, chairman of the town planning committee in the AMC, said on Monday that the officials of the estate department have been directed to remove egg and non-vegetarian food carts from the main roads. Special action will be taken on vehicles in schools, colleges, religious places and outside parks and gardens. The decree applies to both licensed and unlicensed street food vendors. AMC officials say egg and non-vegetarian food carts can serve customers on internal roads, but should not be visible to those who use main routes.
When asked to clarify the conditions applicable to work on internal roads, Dani said, “All raw materials are used non vegetarian Food preparation should be covered – fish, poultry and meat should be kept in boxes.” The town planning committee also said that those who have a valid license to sell mutton will have to operate from a closed enclosure. “If these rules are not followed then shops selling mutton will also be sealed,” an official said.
‘The problem is related to the cleanliness of the food sold’
Ahmedabad is the fourth city after Rajkot, Vadodara and Bhavnagar municipal corporations to issue verbal instructions, specifically ensuring that non-vegetarian street food carts remain ‘invisible’ in the public eye.
When asked about removal of non-veg stalls from the roads of big cities, CM Bhupendra Patel said that the decision has been taken by civic bodies like municipalities and municipal corporations. “People can have vegetarian or non-vegetarian food. The state government has no objection in this matter. But civic bodies can remove the laris if they are a hindrance to traffic. And the food sold should be hygienic,” Patel said.
Patel said the issue for the state government is whether the food sold with such lorries is hygienic and whether such lorries are a hindrance to traffic.
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