Vendor from Bazaar Gate area of Shivaji Market Divisional Ward shifting to other place after KMC warning
The court said that a special drive has to be conducted and there must be deputation of officers to curb this menace. Growing congestion on Mahadwar Road was highlighted,” he said. “Court expressed displeasure over this modality adopted by the KMC. It was also underlined that no notice would be required before taking action against illegal hawking.
The HC has scheduled the next hearing for Sept 9 and directed KMC to inform the court about its proposed timeline for the special anti-encroachment drive.
Hearing a PIL filed by doctors and businessmen from the congested Mahadwar Road area, the bench of Justices Sharmila Deshmukh and Neeraj Dhote said Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) must ensure that no hawking takes place within 100m of schools, hospitals and religious places, in line with Supreme Court directions. Kolhapur : The Bombay high court’s Kolhapur Bench has pulled up the civic body for failing to curb illegal hawking near educational institutions, hospitals and places of worship, observing that merely issuing pamphlets banning hawkers is not enough. It directed the civic body to take proactive action. The observations came after petitioner’s counsel Yuvraj Narwankar submitted photographs showing footpaths outside educational institutions occupied by hawkers, leaving little space for children and pedestrians to walk safely. The court was hearing the PIL seeking relief from growing congestion and encroachments caused by hawking activities on Mahadwar Road, one of the city’s busiest commercial stretches.