Heavy rain on Tuesday accompanied by the foot-over bridge disaster in Andheri, caused chaos in some city and suburban schools. While there were no clear directions from the government about declaring a holiday, most schools remained open. But some schools cancelled their afternoon sessions after low attendance in the morning.

Staff attendance affected
"There was a lot of waterlogging as well as heavy traffic jams in Irla. So we decided to cancel the afternoon session. While students' attendance was okay, the train incident disrupted staff attendance. The journey which takes only 15 minutes took more than an hour due to the heavy burden on roads," said Girija Mohan, director of Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School, Vile Parle.