Just a few hours after the stormy meeting of residents with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials and police over hawkers’ nuisance in Bandra west on Tuesday, the roads were cleared. There wasn’t a single hawker on Hill Road and Linking Road on Wednesday. There was heavy bandobast of police and BMC squads on the roads. The BMC said notices will be served to all shops and private premises telling them to refrain them from supporting illegal hawkers.

The issue of illegal hawkers on various roads in Bandra has been burning for years. In a meeting with members of the residents’ associations and police officers, officials from H west ward, which has jurisdiction over Bandra west, assured on Tuesday of action against erring shopkeepers and private properties that help hawkers. In the evening on Tuesday a BMC team took action amid heavy police presence against the hawkers.