The long-awaited hawkers’ policy is set to face new challenges as the state government approved the demand to include corporators in town vending committees (TVCs). The hawkers’ unions are not happy with this decision and have threatened to challenge the move before the court.

The city town vending committee, which has the authority to implement the hawkers’ policy, is headed by the civic chief and includes representatives from the police department, various departments of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations, members of hawker association as well as civic society. In 2018, a resolution was passed in the BMC general body meeting to include corporators, too. The state government has recently approved the same, making way for corporators to take part in both city and zonal level town vending committees.