Updated On: 27 April, 2023 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Days after tarpaulin from construction site stopped services, bird drops wire on line, shuts down rush hour trains

Commuters lose their cool after being stranded at Marol Metro station on Wednesday. Pic/Sonu Kanojia
Services on the Andheri-Ghatkopar Mumbai Metro Blue Line 1 were disrupted for 45 minutes on Wednesday evening after a bird dropped a stray wire on overhead wiring, which impacted the electrical converter unit. The disruption, which occurred less than ten days after chaos ensued following the cancellation of a service on the line, left commuters fuming.
The previous disruption occurred on April 18, after a tarpaulin fell from an under-construction building on an overhead wire near the Azad Nagar Metro station, bringing Blue Line services to a halt from 6.16 pm to 6.30 pm. Due to the disruption, DN Nagar station witnessed massive crowding and commuters slammed the Metro authorities for allowing the situation to get out of hand.