Why does the Government allow small vendors and quacks to operate from footpaths?

Sir,

Will the Government approve of a hospital operated from a footpath? Definitely a no. Can an educational institution run classrooms on a footpath? Again, a no.

Why does the same Government allow eateries, vegetable vendors, fruit vendors, flower vendors, the sale of electronic items or mobile tempered glass and even quacks to operate from a footpath?  

I reside in Vidyaranyapuram and I am a regular walker but I fail to find even a single stretch of 50 feet of a footpath to walk on.

I always walk on the roads alongside herds of cattle let loose, vehicles, construction debris, construction materials and slush accumulated on the sides because rainwater doesn’t enter the side drains due to blockage and unscientific construction of drains.

Footpaths have become foodpaths. Unable to walk, people have started to eat from these carts and this has become double trouble.

The State is ruled by one party and our area MLA is from a different party, which has an alliance with yet another party, but footpaths aren’t available for our feet.

— E. Venkatesh

Mysuru

2.7.2026