Authorities operation to remove street vendors from unauthorized trading areas

THE Lusaka city council and the Zambia police service will TOMORROW   (Saturday) commence a joint operation to remove street vendors from unauthorized trading areas across the city.

The operation, code-named Operation Clear Path, will facilitate the relocation of street vendors to designated markets and is aimed at restoring order, improving sanitation and promoting public health and safety.

According to Zambia Police Service Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi and Lusaka City Council Assistant Public Relations Manager Bulumba Nyambe, street vending, coupled with indiscriminate waste disposal and obstruction of drainage systems, poses public health and environmental risks and could contribute to the spread of diseases such as cholera.

The authorities observes that 130 cholera cases have already been recorded in Lusaka District.