Street‑food vendors level up
Visakhapatnam’s GVMC launched an “Eat Right Vizag” training for street vendors covering hygiene, safe water, clean oil and waste disposal with new zone committees being formed, while an entrepreneur in Ibadan bought a solar bulb to expand a street‑food brand—small moves with big operational impact ( ).
GVMC announced formation of 16 specialised Sanitation & Health Enforcement (SHE) teams under its “Eat Right” drive, a move the civic commissioner Ketan Garg disclosed when the programme was launched in August 2025. (thehindu.com) The SHE teams carried out 76 inspections across the city, issued 71 notices and collected fines totalling ₹68,600 from 50 outlets during early enforcement rounds. (deccanchronicle.com) GVMC is also moving vendors into planned vending infrastructure, identifying eligible sellers for 21 dedicated vending zones as part of “Operation LUNGS” to free sidewalks and green spaces. (thehindu.com) The corporation has floated tenders for three pilot “smart” vending zones and proposed features such as electrification, solar power, CCTV and a central management system at a council sitting in November 2025. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (thehindu.com) Attempts to open the linked X posts about the Ibadan entrepreneur’s solar‑bulb purchase did not return publicly viewable pages at those URLs ( ), and no independent local report naming the buyer was found in searches of regional outlets. Local Ibadan listings and sellers show small solar bulbs and hanging solar lights are commercially available across the city, with marketplace prices observed from about ₦4,000 in social listings to advertised units around ₦10,000–₦55,000 on classified sites. (tiktok.com) (jiji.ng)
