ISO 9001:2015

LIFE OF STREET VENDORS AT BANGALORE CITY BEFORE AND AFTER COVID-19

The pandemic Covid 19 is very big misfortune for many lives in the Karnataka State, as well as in the country. Though there was a reference of the virus in medical sector its very new to the common people.  The effect of disease across the globe was a big disaster where it was spread all over the world very rapidly and created distressing uncertainties in Human lives. Perhaps if the people were aware of the disease there may be chances of prevention of virus spread at large. In the beginning stages of this pandemic there was no much knowledge about the virus especially to the common people and hence the people were in lot of confusions to take proper measures and decisions to curb the virus. And the Covid hit very badly on the day earners and it was became a big challenge for this segment to fight against the virus as well as with many social and economic difficulties, leading life at this tough situation was a challenge to common people, Especially the street vendors who are an integral part of the informal sector and considered as a backbone of the economy were harshly affected due to the covid 19. Holding their lives and earnings has really become hard for them. Hence, in the present paper an attempt has been made to focus on how this particular segment has affected due to the Covid -19 pandemic and how they got through at different phases of lockdown, the government aids offered for the affected community and to know how the Street vendors’ resumed­­­­ their economic and social status.


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