Monorail delayed by an hour on day 1 due to technical snags

The operations of the much delayed second phase of the monorail was halted Monday on its maiden day of commercial operations due to technical glitches.

The second phase of the country's first monorail project was flagged off by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with much aplomb Sunday.

The 11.28-km long second phase from Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk (Jacobs Circle) to Wadala was opened for commuters Monday but the services were terminated for almost an hour owing to technical glitches.

MMRDA officials blamed the delay to the innocuous floral decorations on the coaches used for its inauguration.

To remove the floral decorations the coaches were to be hauled to the depot for about 10 minutes as these flower strings got entangled in the lower portion of the train, posing obstructions to operations, they said.

However, due to the technical glitches, passengers were stranded at the Wadala depot for almost an hour.

Meanwhile, MMRDA claimed the system carried over 16,000 .