mid-day also visited another spot, outside RNA Park near the collector’s office at Kalanagar in Bandra East, which also turns into an open bar after sunset daily

People consume alcohol outside Asiatic Department Store near Churchgate on Sunday

When brought to the notice of Mumbai Police, Senior Inspector Nilesh Bagul of Marine Drive police station said, “My team will personally visit at this spot and take action. Drinking in public is an offence. We will stop this nuisance”

When the midday reporter spoke to the shopowner on the footpath and asked whether the BMC took cognisance of the goings-on in the area, one of them replied, “The BMC never takes action after 7 pm and business starts in the evening.” The owner of a pan-beedi stall near Asiatic Department Store said, “Many people prefer to smoke after drinking and customers come to this spot to booze”

Liquor is openly consumed on the footpath outside Asiatic Dept Store outside Churchgate station, on Sunday