The civic body has finally stepped in to sort the mess outside Kurla West station following this paper's series on rogue autowallas and cabbies. With absolutely no place for pedestrians and other vehicles outside the station, the L-ward office has now drawn up a road plan to segregate the space into only-pedestrian, only-auto, and other vehicular traffic lanes.

Work on its plan began earlier this week. Officials of L ward are trying to find a "permanent solution" to the chaos outside Kurla station, Assistant Municipal Commissioner Manish Valanju told mid-day. "We have conducted several meetings with the traffic police and other stakeholders and the first step is to segregate the various users there.