Updated On: 29 January, 2025 10:35 PM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Meanwhile, BMC has started taking action against hawkers, primarily in areas with heavy footfall. Till Tuesday, around 2,763 items have been seized from street vendors

While there were 27 unauthorised shops in total, the Bombay High Court granted a stay order on action against eight of them.
On Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished 19 unauthorized shops near Kandivali (West) railway station as part of an initiative to widen both the station and the surrounding road.
Recently, the Bombay High Court directed the BMC to intensify action against hawkers and encroachments.