Just two months after the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation evicted all hawkers and street vendors from crowded areas under the Zero Hawker Drive, they are back on the streets.

In late February, the NMMC started a large, anti-encroachment drive against hawkers and street vendors after the Guardian Minister of Thane district, Ganesh Naik, instructed the corporation to evict them. The NMMC removed all hawkers and their illegal encroachments across Navi Mumbai in a day. However, thanks to the body’s lethargic attitude, they’ve resumed operations.