Like Taiwan, India has a lot of food vendors on the street. They may sell from small stalls, push carts, rickshaws or trucks.
Many of these little stands dot India's spread out capital of New Delhi. There are probably 300,000 outdoor vendors in this city alone.
But the Indian Supreme Court has said most of these places must close up shop.
PHOTO: AFP
The reason is that New Delhi police and officials say that too many of the stalls are dangerously dirty. Eating at them can spread diseases like diarrhea and typhoid.
Eashwar Das, 18, hopes the city won't shut down his stand. "My family back home depends on me sending money," he said as he served breads and spiced lentils.
But the city is trying to clean up for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to improve health conditions and to push customers into restaurants that pay taxes. The city probably won't stop their drive.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AFP)
印度就像台灣一樣，街上有許多小吃攤販，他們可能會用小攤位、推車、人力車或是貨車來做買賣。
印度這些為數眾多的小攤販點綴著迅速擴張的首都新德里，光是新德里就有大約三十萬戶外攤販。
但是印度最高法院表示，多數地方必須要結束攤販營業。
因為新德里警方和官員表示，有太多攤不衛生到了危險的地步，食用小吃攤食物可能會散播如腹瀉或傷寒等疾病。
十八歲的伊許瓦．達斯希望市政府不會關閉他的攤位，他在製作麵包和閹扁豆時表示︰「我家鄉的家人還靠我送錢回去」。
不過市政府正企圖為二○一○年的大英國協運動會整理市容，改善衛生條件，並且吸引顧客到付稅的餐廳消費。市政府不太可能就此罷手。
（翻譯︰鄭湘儀）
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