Lack of will and efforts to implement the hawkers’ policy and the Supreme Court’s guidelines on no hawking near railway stations has meant that the menace continues to flourish. One of the prime examples is the 2-km stretch of the SV Road outside Borivli station. Here, unlicensed hawkers take up around half of the road in the evening, and that too right in front of the civic body and police. mid-day reported on the matter on Thursday.

The Apex court had directed for the formation of Town Vending Committees (TVC) to implement its guidelines on hawking. As per civic officials, the implementation of its much-touted hawkers’ policy is stalled as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is yet to decide if corporators can be included in the TVCs.