Bhakar said Western Railway administration is soon going to demarcate the railway area to stop this menace forever. The Central Railway too has launched a drive against illegal hawkers at several stations including Ghatkopar, Kurla, Byculla, Mulund. Eviction of hawkers paved way for smooth movement of commuters near railway stations and on foot overbridges. Rajiv Singal, who has been a member of Railway Users Consultative Committees in Central Railway and Western Railway, however, dubs this exercise of evicting hawkers as merely an "eyewash". T N Dubey, former member of Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committees in Western Railway, said, "If hawkers come back, we will write to the Railways Minister and draw his attention to the issue."

Source: dna October 05, 2017 14:06 UTC