The Juhu Galli tragedy, where nine members of a family that ran a medical store were killed, has brought back the focus on unlicensed medical shops. This brings to light the role of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department, which is supposed to keep a tab on such shops.

Mumbai has around 40,800 medical shops. But only 20 inspecting officers are looking after all of them. However, the sanctioned posts are for 65 officers. "We are facing acute shortage of staff. There are 55,000 police officers for all of Mumbai, but we only have 20 inspecting officers for the same," said a senior officer.