Following the diktat of Commissioner of Police Subodh Jaiswal, around 200 paan-beedi shops around schools and colleges in the city have been demolished by the police with the BMC's help. These paan-beedi shops spanned the stretch from Bandra to Andheri. Since the drive began on January 10, drugs worth Rs 49 lakh have already been seized, a report in this paper stated.

A top police official has said that paan-beedi shops play a major part in addiction because students begin with tobacco products and cigarettes and then gradually take to drugs. A teacher, too, said she has seen a manifold increase in these shops. Hence, the order to demolish the ones around schools and colleges.