Must Army deal with hawkers, asks court

Irked by the inaction and fthe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and police against illegal hawkers, the Bombay High Court remarked that the "entire state machinery has collapsed", as it is unable to come up with a solution to the problem.

The court also questioned whether such illegal vendors would be allowed to put up their stalls govoutside Mantralaya or the ernor's house. The court lamented that the issue of illegal hawkers and vendors was a recurring problem and there was a need to find a solution; the authorities could not merely express helplessness.

"Those who want to abide by the law suffer. The entire state machinery has collapsed.

Brazenly these unauthorised hawkers come.

Let this happen in front of Mantralaya or the governor's house, then see how all this stops. You have all the security there," a bench of Justices M S Sonka and Kamal Khata said on Monday.