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TRADE AND COMMERCE
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HAWKERS
Hawkers could be regarded as counterparts of retail traders in
the city. They are distributed in the municipal towns as under — Jalgaon 81, Bhusawal 35. Amalner 6, Chopda 10, Savda 10 and Parola 6. They move from place to place and go on hawking merchandise. They carry their goods either in their handcarts or on their person. The commodities which they handle include milk, vegetables, fruits, sprouted grains, groundnuts, sweets, ready-made clothes, hosiery, ice-creams, sugarcane juice, utensils, toys, stationery, cutlery, grocery, tea. soap, oils, agar-baltis, bidis and other miscellaneous articles.
With a view to regulating the activities of the hawkers, the municipalities at Jalgaon. Bhusawal, Amalner and Chopda have introduced the system of licensing hawkers. Jalgaon municipality which has the largest number of hawkers collects from them a licence fee of Rs. 5 per annum. In addition, a wheel tax amounting to Rs. 6 per annum is also recovered. The Bhusawal municipality imposes a licence fee of Rs. 2 for those hawkers who sell articles of food and drink. If a hawker uses a vehicle he has to pay a wheel tax of Rs. 2 per annum. The Amalner and Chopda municipalities impose a licence fee of Rs. 2 and Rs. 3, respectively.
Most of the hawkers in Bhusawal are found in ward Nos. II, IV, VII and X. Within the limits of the Jalgaon Municipal Borough, 70 hawkers deal in eatables and II in cutlery. The following is the number of hawkers in each of the wards of this Municipal Borough —Bhavani II. Polan 14, Balaji 8, Shani 12, Joshi 5, Maruti 9, Vithal 3. Navi 3. Bahrain 5, Jilha 8, Poona File 2 and Nava File 1.
In Parola. of the six hawkers, four sell sweetmeats, one sells stationery and one sells sugarcane juice.
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