A clear legal position on illegal pavement encroachment in Delhi crparkspeaks@gmail.com Delhi’s footpaths are public pedestrian infrastructure , not private extensions of shops. Street vending is recognised as a livelihood, but it is regulated by designated vending zones, allotted spaces and conditions designed to protect pedestrian movement. The law does not give a shopkeeper or vendor an unrestricted right to occupy a public footpath. 1. The 6 ft × 4 ft rule is a vending-space standard—not ownership of the pavement Under the Delhi Street Vendors Scheme, 2019 , a space of 6 ft × 4 ft is considered for one static/mobile/temporary/night-bazaar vendor. The Scheme also requires vending zones and their capacity to be determined through the prescribed planning/Town Vending Committee process. ( UDD Delhi ) Therefore, a vendor cannot interpret the 6 × 4 ft provision as permission to spread goods, racks, tables, refrigerators, counters, tarpaulins or other structures b...
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