As Mumbaikars were tempted to reach for their scuba diving gear on Monday, one of the most debated aspects of the deluge was the flooding of Worli’s Acharya Atre Chowk station on the Mumbai Metro Aqua Line.

While ‘putting the aqua in Aqua Line’ was trending through the day, with pictures and videos of a submerged station whirring frantically on social media, transport analyst Vidyadhar Date said, “We have been talking repeatedly about increasing BEST [Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport] buses and now the failure at the Metro station gives this more stridency.”