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Mumbai: ‘BMC targeting hawkers via anti-plastic drive’
Updated On: 05 September, 2023 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
Vendors’ unions have requested members to protest by not seeking loans under PM SVANindhi scheme
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A police officer examines a raincoat from a hawker’s cart in Dharavi on June 30. Pic/Ashish Raje
Hawkers’ unions have protested against the crackdown on plastic products, especially carry bags, claiming that poor vendors are soft targets for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is turning a blind eye to plastic material godowns in the city. They have urged hawkers to register their protest by not taking loans under the PM SVANindhi scheme.
The BMC started clamping down on the use of banned plastic products on August 21. Action is mostly being taken against shopkeepers and hawkers who are handing over items such as vegetables to customers in plastic bags. Shopkeepers’ unions have raised the red flag and the Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association (AHAR) have requested a meeting with the civic body and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) over the issue.
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