Auto driver menace: Cops to be deployed at Thane railway station
Hindustan TimesThane: The Thane municipal commissioner Abhijit Bangar on Thursday directed the police to control the ruckus created by the auto drivers near the Thane railway station and decongest the area. In a review meeting, Bangar said that after Thane Municipal Corporation made the entire 150-metre area of the railway station free from hawkers, there is a need to have discipline among the auto-rickshaw drivers too. However, the police should also help to stop the traffic congestion caused by the auto drivers.” The review meeting was attended by deputy commissioner of police, traffic Vinaykumar Rathod, and deputy commissioner, Thane, Ganesh Gawde. Rathod said, “We have already started deploying the police at the station which includes three to four constables from the police and three to four from the traffic department.” “Despite having an auto lane, the auto drivers are seen parking their vehicles elsewhere.