With the incessant rains halting the city's lifeline local trains, many office-goers today bicycled to work, calling it the best alternative to reach their destinations in time.

"There was water logging in many pockets, which leads to all the motorised vehicles getting stuck. There is no issue like this for me as I dragged the bicycle in those waist-deep waters at Kings Circle," said Vikas Chavan, who works for a publishing company in downtown Fort area.