The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has submitted a voters’ list of hawkers to the labour commissioner’s office and the latter will now take a call on holding the election of the town vending committee (TVC), which will draft the guidelines under which vendors are eligible to come under the long-awaited hawkers’ policy. Around 32,000 hawkers are eligible to cast their vote for the candidate of their choice. “The TVC can decide if there is a need to conduct a fresh survey of hawkers,” said a BMC official.

An official attached to the labour commissioner’s office confirmed the reception of the voters’ list last week. “We will take the final decision on conducting a TVC election after discussing the matter with senior officials,” said an official.