The Roychowdhurys had chosen a particularly bad day to come to Mumbai. But they had no alternative. The family from West Bengal was here seeking treatment for its patriarch at Tata Memorial Hospital. The paralysed transport system wasn’t helping matters. They found their saviours in the form of two charitable trusts that were ferrying patients for free from Dadar railway station to their desired hospitals and back. Hari Om Charitable Association and Shri Sanatan Dharam Sabha proved saviours for many.

Two sides of the bandh: Commuters queue outside Dadar station waiting for a share taxi