BMC uncovers 3,167 'ghost' hawker licences in QR-code drive

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai started a project to give special QR code cards to legal street vendors.

They found out that 3,167 vendors who were listed as legal in a 2014 survey have passed away.

Now, the BMC is thinking about letting the families of these vendors take over their licences.

At the same time, they are making a list of all legal vendors and plan to take stronger action against illegal vendors.

This project started in May 2023 and involves almost one lakh vendors.