Mumbai, May 22 -- Mumbai's underground Aqua line (metro line 3) faced two major technical disruptions on Friday, leading to temporary suspension of services during peak hours and causing significant inconvenience to commuters across the corridor.

The first disruption occurred around 8:30 am, during the morning rush hour, when the signalling and telecommunication system of Mumbai Metro 3 malfunctioned across the entire km route.

According to an official from the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), the issue originated from the Operations Control Centre (OCC) and affected train operations on both corridors of the Aqua Line.

The technical failure brought metro services to a complete halt for nearly an hour. Although services resumed lat...