SONU, a 33-year-old street food vendor, sells channa-bhatura, tea and assorted eats near the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Sector 12, Chandigarh. Business had dipped drastically due to the coronavirus pandemic but things are now looking up. These days Sonu is attracting new clientele due to a new approach to his business after attending training workshops on health, hygiene, and other related areas under a programme run by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) in collaboration with PGIMER’s Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health.
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