Mumbai Speaks: Street weaving
Mumbai Mirror / Updated: Oct 18, 2019, 00:00 IST
Story Behind The Photo
Street weaving
A man weaves nylon strips together to make a chair seat on a footpath in Dadar West
The picture was shared by reader Aditya Dhabane
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Hawkers back on Hill Road pavement
Despite frequent BMC action, vendors return to sell their wares on the street.
Mirror reader Francis H D'Sa wrote about several hawkers who have encroached onto the footpath next to a hospital on Hill Road in Bandra. Pedestrians are inconvenienced by the obstruction and are sometimes forced to walk on the road because of the encroachments. This puts them at a risk of being run over by vehicles on the road.
D'Sa has urged the authorities to take note of the problem and crackdown on the violators. Pavement encroachments are a regular problem, particularly in this part of town. While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation conducts regular drives against hawkers, the violators return after a few days.
The civic officials should also consider conducting routine inspections and raids to ensure that the hawkers do not return, once evicted from the site. Stricter penalties could serve as a deterrent to frequent violators.
Hill Road in Bandra
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