mumbai mumbaikars were inconvenienced by train disruption waterlogged roads and traffic snarls during the heavy downpour on friday commuters also complained of potholes on roads making travel difficult in several localities for the first time in mumbai city limits this monsoon the down harbour line train services from wadala to mankhurd were suspended as a safety precautionary measure at 245pm and restarted after nearly half an hour the disruption was caused by water levels that rose over 4 inches and a point failure in the down direction an official said adding the trains were also affected on the up harbour line towards csmt and ran 2030 minutes late till evening this inconvenienced thousands and led to crowding at stations trains were delayed on the central railway main line in the kalyancsmt section commuters at stations such as kalwa were stranded for nearly half an hour with no trains arriving around 12pm cr officials said there was poor visibility coupled with high tide in the afternoon while cr cancelled 20 services due to waterlogging at kurla a total of 77 services were delayed on the western line by 510 minutes an official saidmeanwhile there was severe waterlogging in several areas including andherikurla road powai near hiranandani gardens lowlying areas of bkc and sion bmc commissioner i s chahal inspected a few of the lowlying areas such as hindmata in dadar gandhi market at kings circle and the andheri subway chahal told toi the waterlogging was owing to 100mmplus rain in a few of the areas in addition to a high tide at 227pm this led to water accumulation however it has now been cleared up i have personally visited these spots to inspect if all pumps have been well functional potholes made the commute tiresome for motorists under the flyover near bimbisar nagar goregaon on western express highway and bandra lucky junction at jvlr bridge commuters complained of major potholes bmc said mmrda was carrying out metro construction works and it was their responsibility to maintain these stretches anil galgali an rti activist said motorists are spending an additional 30 minutes in traffic due to potholes on roads waterlogging led to congestion at hindmata dharavi kurla kamani junction vikhroli ghoda gate near bandra railway bridge khar subway gandhi market near sies college dadar tt bhulabhai desai road southbound arm jvlr bridge slip lane ramnagar at vakola and dockyard junction among others a shut andheri subway reopened after water cleared motorists complained of congestion on captain gore flyover at vile parle for eastwest travel severe congestion was reported on weh at jogeshwari east andheri east santacruz east and bandra best services were hit nine buses were diverted at sion due to waterlogging buses were rerouted at chembur and hindmata