Mumbai: ‘We want our footpath back,’ say frustrated Marol residents

In Marol’s Maroshi Road in Andheri East, residents have claimed that vegetable and fruit vendors have taken over the footpath for the last decade

Hawkers encroaching on footpaths is not new, but for a few Marol residents , it has become a nuisance, as most of the time vendors set up their stalls in such a way that the whole footpath is encroached.

In Marol’s Maroshi Road in Andheri East, residents have claimed that vegetable and fruit vendors have taken over the footpath for the last decade. Read More

While most have been adjusting their lives around the stalls, Aziz G Amreliwala, a local resident, has raised an issue over the inconvenience caused to pedestrians. “Though it is a little convenient for us residents to purchase vegetables , it does not justify the encroachment [by th