Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) invited applications from eligible candidates to be appointed as members of the temporary Town Vending Committee. Those who engaged in street vending within the city limits for at least five years and are already members of an existing street vendors’ association or federation in the city will be given reservation as follows—general-1, backward class-1, scheduled caste-1, scheduled tribe-1, minorities-2, women-3, and disabled-1. Priority will be given to organisations working with street vendors, including women members established under the central govt’s scheme and representatives of non-governmental organisations engaged in social service for at least five years.Social workers or service providers within the Mangaluru city limits, trade union representatives, hotel owners’ association representatives, and market or traders’ association representatives can apply. Interested parties within the city corporation limits should submit a self-written application by July 25 to the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) scheme community affairs officer at the MCC office or via email at commissioner.mcc@gmail.com, stated MCC commissioner Ravichandra Naik.No service connections for illegal constructionsBefore starting any type of building construction within the jurisdiction of MCC, it is mandatory to obtain a building construction license under the KMC Act. After obtaining the building permit, the construction must be carried out according to the approved plan, and the building can only be used after obtaining an occupancy certificate, the commissioner stated.As per the Supreme Court order, buildings without an occupancy certificate should not be provided with any service connections such as electricity, water supply, sewage connection, or trade license. Therefore, before constructing any building within the city corporation limits, it is mandatory to obtain a building permit and construct according to the approved plan. “If not, no service connections will be provided, and action will be taken against unauthorised construction under the KMC Act,” the commissioner warned.
