Hawkers have again demanded implementation of the hawkers policy which was in process when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, bringing it to a halt. The policy was passed in 2014 but is yet to be implemented in the city, even after seven years. The policy came into effect after the Supreme Court passed an order asking for the implementation of the national hawkers policy 2009, and the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014. However, it was only four years later that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started the process. 

The civic body received around 89,000 applications of which around 16,000 vendors were found eligible in 2020. BMC also identified and marked 85,891 pitches on 1,366 roads across the city. But the number dropped to 30,830 pitches on 404 roads after several residents objected.