Street hawkers happy with CM directive to stop eviction
The encroachment of footpaths and busy thoroughfares in the district by hawkers and street vendors has turned into a serious issue in suburban towns of the district.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers allegedly attacked hawkers near Vashi railway station in Navi Mumbai in a bid to evict them from the station premises, police said.
The incident occurred this afternoon when a group of around seven workers attacked the hawkers outside the station, a Vashi police station official said.
“We have registered a case of rioting against them and process to arrest them is underway,” he added.
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Yesterday, MNS workers and hawkers had clashed near suburban Malad railway station in Mumbai.
After MNS chief Raj Thackeray addressed a rally in south Mumbai earlier this month over the death of 23 people in a stampede on the staircase of the foot overbridge (FOB) at suburban Elphinstone Road railway station last month, MNS workers took upon themselves the task of removing hawkers from station premises.
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