Citizen activists have a bone to pick with the civic administration, which is all set to start the implementation of the hawkers' policy and finalise the permanent pitches before handing out the licences. The activists have criticised the working of the zonal town vending committees, as the administration is unwilling to share information with members of the committees.

According to the policy, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was to include citizen activists and hawkers' union members along with administrative staff of ward offices to decide hawking and non-hawking zones. The pitches also were to be run through members of the respective (seven) zonal committees. Only after approval at the zonal level, the proposal was to be presented to the main town vending committee (TVC) of the city, which is chaired by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta.