Considering that even three days after the municipal commissioner ordered private companies to work at 50 per cent strength, the crowds on trains and buses haven't reduced a bit, ward offices have started issuing notices – violation of which will lead to action under Section 188 of IPC. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to check whether companies are complying with the order after two days. However, they are finding it extremely difficult to track down thousands of illegal, unauthorised small-scale industries and shops.

Speaking to mid-day, assistant commissioner of A ward, Chanda Jadhav, said, "There are about 2,200 companies in A ward which have more than 10 employees each. We have started to issue notices to them to reduce the number of employees by 50 per cent. As of now, we have emailed around 1,100 companies and the process is on."