India, Dec. 12 -- The state government on Thursday announced in the legislative assembly that barring the 32,415 licenced and surveyed hawkers in Mumbai, all others would face action.

In a Calling Attention Motion, Congress MLA Amin Patel said that hawkers were facing arbitrary action from the police and BMC, which had not conducted proper surveys. Patel, who was later joined by BJP MLA Manisha Chaudhary and others, demanded information about the surveys and the civic body's plans to relocate hawkers in hawkers plazas. They also demanded that punitive action against them be stopped.

Replying to this, industries minister Uday Samant, who holds charge of the urban development department in the legislative assembly, informed the house that...