the thane station area they are greeted with discarded plastic bags crushed bottles and pieces of soiled newspaper that lie scattered all over the streets the college students alleged that the garbage is left unattended most of the time which again raised a stink on their pathway however for pedestrians the absence of dustbins is one compelling reason to dump garbage on the roads the scenario is no different on the east side as barring three garbage bins outside gaondevi temple not even a single bin is spotted within a oneandhalf kilometre stretch on the west only three garbage bins were spotted near bcabin road and those too were overflowing its the same at thane station near the entry and exit points