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New Delhi : Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, had organised a competition for Covid-19 Street Vending Cart Design for designing new and cost effective cart models. The NIDs students in Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh, took part in it from December 22, 2020 to February 5, 2021.
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, coordinated with other NIDs and conducted a Design Hackathon for designing new carts to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19. After selection, it is also proposed to offer these models in mass scale to street vendors, according to a PIB release. The objective of the competition was to design a new and cost-effective solution for a modern vending cart to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19.
As Street vendor uses conventional vending carts but, in the post COVID-19 era, the requirements from a cart have evolved in terms of packaging of goods, display, billing, hygiene, foldability, compactness, mobility, accessories like dustbin, seat etc., provision for shade, lighting, power supply etc. Indian Street Vendors are going through a tough phase due to COVID -19 scenario. Loss of customers and demand, restriction of mobility, hygiene issues, and competitive challenges are dominant in the present time. Post COVID-19 time, there are new emerging scenarios in street vending. There lies an opportunity for street vendors to innovate their businesses and attract customers adapting to these changes.These Street carts could become a turning point for product, storage, mobility, and branding point of view.