The teams of Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC) and land owning agencies have started conducting surveys across the city to identify land for setting up food truck hubs as announced in the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi Government’s Rozgar Budget 2022-23.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has already clarified that if the area occupied by a food truck is below 90 square metres, the fire No Objection Certificate (NOC) would not be required

A report on the identified locations based on the survey is expected to be submitted to the Government this week, said an official of the DTTDC.

The DTTDC, assigned to prepare the food truck policy, is also working on various initiatives of the Delhi Government, including redevelopment of five prominent retail markets in the city.

“Various factors, including the availability of land, footfall and infrastructure, are to be considered in setting up the food truck hubs as per a policy to be framed by the Government,” the official said.

The food truck markets would create a “vibrant nightlife experience” for the people of the city besides serving as a catalyst to Delhi’s night-time economy, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said earlier.

The Arvind Kejriwal dispensation is the first Government in the country to come up with ‘Food Truck Policy’ on the lines of the US and Europe, to streamline food truck business in the city, he had said.

The Delhi Government has estimated that at least 15,000 new job opportunities would be created with the promotion of food truck business in the city.

The land owning agencies of the Delhi Government, including the Public Works Department, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, the Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Delhi Transport Corporation, have been involved in the

project.

The hubs would be developed with food trucks offering local and global cuisines from 8 P.M. to 2 A.M. The Government is also likely to consider incentivising the food truck business and relax certain norms for it, in the policy that is yet to be framed, they said.