The RTO has now trained its guns on hawkers and stalls lining the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the old highway, as part of its safety campaign on the stretch. Officials have started evicting them, given the danger to human lives due to their proximity to moving vehicles, particularly at turns. 

The Regional Transport Office (RTO) launched an all-out campaign against all kinds of violators on the route on December 1. Teams of RTO officials have counselled and fined around 1,660 vehicle owners between December 1 and 13.