Hawkers in Kolkata

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Fruit vendor on Park Street, Kolkata
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Vendors selling flowers in a road-side market

Hawkers in Kolkata numbering 275,000 generated business worth ₹ 87.72 billion (around 2 billion USD) in 2005.[1] In Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal, almost 80 per cent of the pavements are encroached by hawkers and illegal settlers.[2] In many countries, hawkers use pavements or other public places to retail their goods or services but in Kolkata the magnitude has drawn special attention of administrators and law courts.

  1. ^ Ganguly, Deepankar (30 November 2006). "Hawkers stay as Rs. 265 crore talks". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 30 November 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Oh Kolkata! Pavements are for pedestrians". A Better Kolkata. The Statesman, 10 June 2002. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2008.