The police in Maharashtra's Thane have issued a prohibitory order across railway tracks running along the creek and mangrove patches over a 600-metre stretch between Mumbra and Kalyan, an official release said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

The prohibitory order, issued to protect the tracks on account of illegal dredging in the creek, will be in force from November 20 till January 18 next year, according to the release by the district administration, reported PTI.