Motorists in Andheri had to contend with heavy jams on Saturday as the Andheri subway was closed for traffic, after the cover of a storm water drain on a connecting road near the stretch collapsed. The development comes barely weeks after the Gokhale bridge, a key connector between Andheri East and West, was closed to motorists.

At present, Andheri subway is the only link between the east and west sides of Andheri. The cover of a massive drainage on Old Nagardas Road at Panipat Chowk collapsed as it couldn’t take the load of a heavy vehicle plying on it. “The incident occurred around 6 am. A dumper was travelling on the stretch, when the cover suddenly collapsed under its weight. One of the tyres also got stuck in the opening. The traffic police helped pull out the vehicle,” said a local resident.