Commuters had to walk along the tracks on some of the affected routes and the disruption also led to huge crowds at various stations on the Central Railway suburban network, as per eyewitnesses

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is re-building the new east-west link Carnac Bridge between the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Masjid railway stations in south Mumbai, after the British-era structure was demolished due to its dilapidated condition

The suburban services, which were supposed to normalise from the CSMT by 5.30 am on Sunday, resumed later at 10.09 am due to the 'block burst', as per the officials

Earlier in the day, the Central Railway in a post on X said 11 long distance trains that depart from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai were rescheduled and nine trains which arrive at CSMT were short-terminated due to the block burst

There were also reports of a labourer getting injured during the girder launch, an official said

The six-hour-long mega block conducted for launching the girder of the under-construction Carnac Bridge was initially scheduled to end at 5.30 am, but it got delayed, railway officials said

This caused inconvenience to passengers travelling by the local as well as long distance trains

Many government employees, teachers and students could not reach for the Republic Day functions on time due to disruption of the local trains services on the Central Railway network, officials said

The Central Railway's local train operations were cancelled between CSMT and Byculla and between CSMT and Wadala stations on the main and harbour lines, respectively, due to the mega block which was scheduled from 11.30 pm on Saturday to 5.30 am on Sunday, an official said