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 Ranchi, June 27: It is no ordinary business plan. Conceptualised by IIT Bangalore alumnus Tanishk Shyamya, it aims to improve the lot of hawkers who eke out a living selling food on the roadside and for the millions who survive on that fare on a daily basis. Today, Union food processing minister Subodh Kant Sahay inaugurated 27 specially designed pushcarts built according to Shyamya’s concept. Designed by her IITian friends and manufactured by city-based Sobhna Enterprises, with financial assistance from the Argora branch of Punjab National Bank, the pushcarts are everything that street food stalls till now were not. Brightly painted and covered in thick glass and wood, the carts leave little scope for dirt or germs to come in contact with the food items on sale. Neatly segregated sections keep the waste well away from the prepared food and condiments. A waterproof shade protects the food from the elements. In step with the look of the carts, the hawkers too are turned out neatly. Trained by Streets India, a trust run by Shyamya for vendors from an office in Argora, the vendors could pass off as chefs in any upmarket restaurant in their white outfit and cap. To drive home the clean message, a pair of gloves completes the look. Streets India is a social initiative which aims to develop the concept of organised vending, while empowering them to become entrepreneurs. Shyamya said she thought of the concept when she was a student and often ate from roadside stalls.“I realised then that hawking is an important source of livelihood for nearly 2.5 per cent of India’s population and a large number of people depend on them for food. After my graduation, I decided to improve their condition by attracting all those who avoid street food over hygiene concerns. I have asked vendors to use packaged water to avoid any chance of pollution,” she said. According to her, a system was being developed to generate power from the garbage generated by the pushcarts. After the inauguration, 27 pushcarts were distributed among the beneficiaries. Vendor Arvind Kumar Singh said only now he realised that hawking was a profitable and respectable profession. “The concept is really good. I hope to earn at least Rs 5000 a month by selling litti chokha from this pushcart,” he said. Sahay inaugurated the pushcarts at a time a drive is on against pushcarts and roadside stalls following a Jharkhand High Court directive. When it was pointed out to him, Sahay said efforts would be made to rehabilitate the vendors as the high court wants rehabilitation before displacement of vendors. Convenor of International Federation of Hawkers and Urban Poor Saktiman Ghosh welcomed the efforts of the IIM alumnus.“This will boost the morale of more than four crore vendors who jointly do business worth over Rs 4000 crore a year. If such efforts continue, poverty will disappear from the country,” he said. Link: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100628/jsp/jharkhand/story_12618884.jsp |
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Eco-friendly, hygienic mobile food carts launched in city
PNS | Ranchi
Want to relish your favorite street food under a beautiful red and white coloured umbrella without thinking about the monsoon miseries?
The newly designed push carts have hit the streets of the city. Eco-friendly and hygienic carts have been developed to begin a new era of relishing street foods without any threat of stomach disorders.
Street food stalls of the city are all set to have a modern look with the newly inaugurated and eco-friendly push carts rolling over the city roads from Sunday. The venture named as ‘Street India, changing lives forever’ has been initiated by a city based young and innovative Ranchiite, Tanishk Shyamya.
Attractively designed push carts by a group of IITians and recipes prepared by hotel management students, these carts are sure to be eye-candies for people of the city. Around 27 carts have been designed to begin business on the roads and each cart will be manned by two persons.
These carts were inaugurated by the Union Minister for Food Processing Industries at Argora Maidan on Sunday. Appreciating the work put up by Tanishk he said that the initiative was good. The ministry was also planning for an idea like this during 2005-06, but could not implement it.
“This attempt of mine is to generate livelihood for the 2.5 per cent of Indian population, which comprises street vendors. They are unemployed and uneducated, having no clue to run a good business. This made me think more and more for them and I came up with this project. I mobilised them before the beginning of the project to gather crowd by going to their residential areas,” recalls Tanishk.
Those hard days have paid and now she is satisfied with the endeavor and is planning to launch the same project in New Delhi, before the Common Wealth Games, 2010.
The carts have earthen pots, packaged water and bowls made of leaves to maintain proper hygiene. The main recipes decided for the city street food lovers are Litti-chokha, golgappa, Chinese food and tea.
URL : http://www.dailypioneer.com/265525/Eco-friendly-hygienic-mobile-food-carts-launched-in-city.html
PNS | Ranchi
Want to relish your favorite street food under a beautiful red and white coloured umbrella without thinking about the monsoon miseries?
The newly designed push carts have hit the streets of the city. Eco-friendly and hygienic carts have been developed to begin a new era of relishing street foods without any threat of stomach disorders.
Street food stalls of the city are all set to have a modern look with the newly inaugurated and eco-friendly push carts rolling over the city roads from Sunday. The venture named as ‘Street India, changing lives forever’ has been initiated by a city based young and innovative Ranchiite, Tanishk Shyamya.
Attractively designed push carts by a group of IITians and recipes prepared by hotel management students, these carts are sure to be eye-candies for people of the city. Around 27 carts have been designed to begin business on the roads and each cart will be manned by two persons.
These carts were inaugurated by the Union Minister for Food Processing Industries at Argora Maidan on Sunday. Appreciating the work put up by Tanishk he said that the initiative was good. The ministry was also planning for an idea like this during 2005-06, but could not implement it.
“This attempt of mine is to generate livelihood for the 2.5 per cent of Indian population, which comprises street vendors. They are unemployed and uneducated, having no clue to run a good business. This made me think more and more for them and I came up with this project. I mobilised them before the beginning of the project to gather crowd by going to their residential areas,” recalls Tanishk.
Those hard days have paid and now she is satisfied with the endeavor and is planning to launch the same project in New Delhi, before the Common Wealth Games, 2010.
The carts have earthen pots, packaged water and bowls made of leaves to maintain proper hygiene. The main recipes decided for the city street food lovers are Litti-chokha, golgappa, Chinese food and tea.
URL : http://www.dailypioneer.com/265525/Eco-friendly-hygienic-mobile-food-carts-launched-in-city.html
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