Addressing workers at the anniversary programme of the Maharashtra Navnirman Railway Karmachari Sena at Swatantryaveer Savarkar Memorial Auditorium in Mumbai's Dadar West, Thackeray accused the state government of being unwilling to accept criticism over the Missing Link project

In a public advisory, the administration urged devotees who had already started their journey to stop at their present locations instead of attempting to enter the town