The man on the move, Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey, recently tweeted that he met hawker unions and shop associations with reference to the big bugbear: encroachment. His tweet read, “From the discussion it appears that the committee to enumerate hawkers is yet to formalised… We will be taking up with the government and try to get this resolved.” He added that in the interim, they are working to get spaces close to railway stations cleared.

Given the gusto with which the CP has started, he has experimented with no towing and instead clamping on vehicles and brought in FIRs for riding or driving on the wrong side, this meeting may be part of his plan to press the gas pedal on the most vexing issues.