The efforts of several Hill road residents in Bandra (W) to keep their streets hawker-free may have gone in vain, as the neighbourhood nuisances have started returning, despite the BMC having conducted a huge anti-hawking drive recently. Though the area has a ‘No hawker zone’ sign, the sign is pulled down everyday by hawkers themselves, and is put back later in the night.

Vanishing act: The ‘No-hawking zone’ sign at Hill Road, Bandra that is allegedly taken down by hawkers at around 4 pm every day and replaced in the night. Pic/ Satyajit Desai