The BMC’s Ghatkopar ward office now wants the railways to keep tabs on hawkers taking trains from various far-off suburban locations and coming to Ghatkopar for hawking. This is the first time that the civic body has asked the railways to intervene and stop hawkers at the station premises, before they can crowd Ghatkopar’s streets. mid-day has reported on the hawkers’ issues several times.

The assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) of N Ward had last week written to the Ghatkopar station master seeking assistance to stop hawkers from the neighbouring Thane city landing at Ghatkopar station so that they may be stopped before they venture outside.