Motorists travelling between north and south Mumbai have been advised to use the Mumbai Coastal Road, as far as possible, a traffic police notification said

In Girgaon, Kalbadevi, Bhuleshwar, and parts of Byculla, Ganpati celebrations once spilled out of chawls and into narrow lanes. Doors remained open, children moved freely between homes, and the local mandals were often the meeting point for an entire neighbourhood