Around 300 QR code-holding street vendors protest outside BMC’s R South ward office; union alleges unregistered hawkers continue to operate freely. Around 300 street vendors who have been recognised as authorised vendors by the government and issued QR codes to set up stalls have alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Around 300 QR code-holding hawkers in Borivali allege BMC restrictions and police harassment, seeking written permission to operate in permitted vending.