Hours after mid-day exposed the high-handedness of marshals appointed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on a contractual basis to implement mask-wearing rules, the H/East ward office asked the private agency that hired them to terminate their services. The agency — Tiger Guard’s Pvt Ltd — has also received a notice from the civic body asking it to immediately stop providing marshals for the job. The BMC has also sought a report on the matter. Meanwhile, motorists at the Santacruz-Kalina junction breathed easy on Monday, in the absence of all the harassment they had been facing from the marshals. Reacting to mid-day’s three-page investigative story, Mayor Kishori Pednekar assured strict crackdown on such illegal activities.

Traffic moved easily on the Santacruz-Kalina junction on Monday. Pic/Shadab Khan