New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) The Delhi government will strengthen the grievance redressal mechanism for street vendors by roping in professionals with social work background to serve on civic bodies' panels, officials said on Saturday.

The government plans to induct two social workers each into the street vendors dispute resolution panels of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and the Delhi Cantonment Board, an Urban Development Department official said.

Applications have been invited from eligible professionals to serve as members of the grievance redressal and dispute resolution committees of the civic bodies, as per Section 20 of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, and Rule 4 of Street Vendors (

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