Summary:
Some meat vendors continued to use plastic bags but camouflaged them in newspapers. Till late evening, the team had recovered nearly Rs 95,000 in penalty. As many as 100 traders, including vegetable vendors and hawkers, were penalized. These included, among others, a leading fast-food chain, a sweet shop whose attendants wore plastic gloves, ashoe store, a coffee shop and clothiers.The raids were underway well into the night with 18-20 inspectors entering each shop. Although the BMC had said no punitive action would be taken till Monday, over a dozen restaurants and retail outlets at High Street Phoenix mall in Lower Parel were fined Rs 5,000 each..