India, Oct. 25 -- The city's iconic Colaba Causeway is set for a major aesthetic and structural transformation, following a Rs.2.28-crore contract which will be awarded by the BMC to deploy 91 uniform-sized hawker stalls. The initiative is designed to clean up cluttered footpaths, boost local tourism, and improve pedestrian mobility along the heavily frequented shopping stretch.

Funded entirely through the District Planning and Development Council (DPDC), the project positions Colaba as the first locality in Mumbai to institute standardised street-vending stalls allocated strictly to verified vendors. This modernisation push is backed by local MLA and legislative assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar alongside former BJP corporator Makarand Na...