India, Oct. 8 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has started issuing Certificates of Vending (COVs) to 1,169 street vendors who are eligible for roadside vending in Lutyens' Delhi as per the street vendors survey of the area, senior civic officials said.

The civic body has also made 21 vending layout plans public at key commercial spaces like Connaught Place, Khan Market, Janpath, Kartavya Path, among others, where 1,614 slots have been earmarked. However, vendors associations have argued that a large number of vendors have been left out due to technicalities and minor mistakes and the real number of vendors should be much higher.

A senior civic official said the survey of New Delhi was completed in July, following which the data...