How are hawkers getting aboard locals despite restricted access? Pictures and videos of hawkers in suburban trains amid restricted public access and the related criticism has prompted WR and CR to conduct a series of raids.

While the Mumbai division of Western Railway has nabbed nearly 479 hawkers in six days, and Central Railway has this year sent four to jail. CR officials said they had registered 1,984 such cases between January and June this year, with 413 in July alone.