Hafta is the weekly sum street vendors pay to operate, eigi saathidaar collects it. Officially, it's a 'fee' for the municipal council, but in reality, it goes straight into the pockets of the local muscle and the babu who looks the other way. The Act was supposed to give vendors licenses and fixed spaces, freeing them from this, but here? It just added another layer of permission to pay for—now they argue over who controls the 'legal' spots. I know because I sweep the gutters where the tea-seller, Ibomcha, whispers each week about which collector's nephew is pressuring him now.
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