The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) commissioner Abhijit Bangar has instructed the police, including the traffic department, should jointly take responsibility to depute personnel during morning and evening rush hour to discipline errant rickshaw drivers in the Thane railway station area.

In a review meeting, Bangar said that 150 meters of the area around the city railway station has been cleared of hawkers for the safe movement of people, but police's support is required to maintain this situation.