The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had evicted 58,312 hawkers across the city between August and October. It removed 18,254 hawkers in August and 19,165 in September, according to the data from its licence department. Once the deadline was over, MNS workers went on rampage and vandalised hawkers’ stalls across Mumbai and its neighbouring cities. In their joint action, the BMC and the railways barred hawkers within the 150-metre radius of railway stations. Siddharth Bansode, joint superintendent of the license department, said, “Despite constant action taken by the BMC, hawkers reoccupy the spots .

Source: Hindustan Times November 11, 2017 09:11 UTC