Hawkers

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Pagdi, T-shirts, caps, pens, badges, mugs, and masks embellished with catchy messages are on sale and likely to attract the public.

Sale of election merchandise gains momentum

Hawkers are also targeting party workers and voters outside the Indian National Congress’s office in New Delhi with traditional products.

07 Apr 2019 3:53 AM

Iron hoarding had collapsed in Mangalvar Peth

2 arrested for 4 deaths in hoarding collapse

In the monthly review meeting held in civic headquarters on Saturday, civic chief Ajoy Mehta.

07 Oct 2018 6:57 AM

Action against hawkers to be expedited, says BMC

In the monthly review meeting held in civic headquarters on Satu-rday, civic chief Ajoy Mehta.

07 Oct 2018 6:53 AM

‘Hawkers must submit domicile by October 15’

The BMC has demarcated 85,891 hawking zones on 1,366 roads in the city. It has received 1,660 suggestions and objections from people on the list.

01 Oct 2018 2:59 AM

SDMC gives major relief to hawkers, squatters

Charges on seized items cut by 60-80%.

09 Jun 2018 2:00 AM

The incident took place at Jhakaria Compound, behind Jhakaria mosque in Sonapur area of Bhandup. (Photo: File/Representational)

Mumbai police identify four suspects in triple murder case

The four accused persons, all vegetable vendors, fled the scene after the murder.

20 Mar 2018 2:33 AM

Three die following a dispute over parking of handcarts

The police are also probing other angles apart from squabble over parking of handcarts.

19 Mar 2018 1:41 AM

Civic officials have claimed that the sneaky supply of banned plastic carry bags from neighbouring states has resulted in the ban being not effective.

Use of plastic carry bags widespread despite ban

Mumbai generates 7,200 metric tonnes of garbage daily, a significant portion of which is plastic.

18 Mar 2018 5:14 AM

Will take hawkers issue to Supreme Court: Congress

The HC had restricted hawking to existing hawking zones and had refused to grant relief to others.

09 Nov 2017 2:18 AM

The BMC is contemplating forming ward-wise TVCs taking into account city’s huge size.

Ward-wise town panels to help regulate vendors?

The BMC has started the process of forming new town vending committee to decide eligibility of city hawkers.

08 Nov 2017 2:00 AM

Railway staff fix barbed wire on their stretch of land at Currey Road railway station on Friday.

Railways demarcate land with wires

The wire has been placed at Dadar, Parel, Currey Road on the Central line and Borivali and Kandivali on the Western line.

04 Nov 2017 2:00 AM

Hawkers obstruct a crowded road outside the Dadar railway station on the western side.

Bombay HC says no hawking in 150 meters of railway stations

Cites 2009 Supreme Court order and Elphinstone stampede.

02 Nov 2017 2:29 AM

MNS workers attacked illegal vendors outside Thane station on Saturday.

Hawkers Menace: Two cases filed against MNS

12 unidentified party workers booked for rioting and causing injury.

23 Oct 2017 1:08 AM

A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena worker manhandles a hawker selling earphones outside the Thane railway station. (Photo: Deepak Kurkunde)

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena attacks hawkers at three railway stations

The party workers assaulted hawkers and damaged their property and vans.

22 Oct 2017 2:06 AM

Around 99,000 hawkers in city filled the survey form.

Civic body to carry out fresh survey for hawkers’ zone in Mumbai

The BMC in 2014 had started surveying hawkers, which involved counting of hawkers and demarcation of hawking zones in the city.

08 May 2017 1:16 AM

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