It was a busy Saturday for the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across Maharashtra including Mumbai. The authorities were busy removing the illegal stalls — desks and chairs — placed on the footpath right outside the RTO premises and dumping it in trucks, on orders of the transport commissioner, Mahesh Zagade. The initiative was taken after the State Transport Commissioner’s office recently sent out a letter to all RTOs across Maharashtra ordering them to get rid of illegal agents by January 17. 

The Andheri RTO (above) was cleared of illegal desks yesterday