ApniSabzi— A Digital Solution to Fresh Produce Street Vending Problems in Pune District

Street fruit and vegetable vendors in urban metropolitan cities in India, especially within the Pune district, encounter several challenges, among them legal limits, discriminatory visibility, traffic congestion, constant harassment by the authorities, insufficient infrastructure, e.g., sanitation and storage facilities, irregular income, limited credit, and cutthroat competition in popular locations. Grocery delivery apps went further in excluding traditional street vendors by completely avoiding them and creating dark stores for speedy deliveries. As a result, local street vendors are getting marginalized by society. To solve these problems and challenges faced by local street vendors, we developed the web application "ApniSabzi,” a digital solution to fresh produce street vending problems in Pune district. It has a vendor dashboard that displays available products, a user-friendly consumer interface for searching and purchasing, and a built-in billing system. The vendor is expected to deliver the order within minutes because of the locality-based approach. This paper describes the ApniSabzi platform design and development, covering its system architecture, technologies, and basic functionality.