Police chief Sanjay Pandey has directed the Crime Branch to file extortion cases against police and civic officials taking bribes in order to allow illegal hawking, said a report in this paper. The directive came after the police chief received numerous complaints and suggestions from Mumbaikars on social media. There have been several drives launched by Pandey and this one will surely resonate with Mumbaikars.

Most of us patronise hawkers. While buying, we do not know whether this hawker is legal or illegal. The question now is of organisation. Hawkers with valid licences must be moved into designated hawking zones, these zones that we keep hearing and reading about but mysteriously hardly ever see.