India, July 7 -- Mumbai Metro saw a heavy rush of commuters on Monday, with videos surfacing online showing a huge surge in the crowd.

According to Mumbai Metro authorities, the rush surged due to a train delay caused by a technical snag. A train reportedly had to be withdrawn as it could not achieve the target speed. This led to a delay on the Versova Ghatkopar line, and thus, the crowd swelled.

"Crazy commuter woes thanks to 1 service withdrawn tech issues with mumbai metro line 1 Stampede like situation in ghatkopar station @Dev_Fadnavis @CMOMaharashtra act fast before lives are lost Line 1 needs 6 bogie rakes & 3 times current rakes," an X user wrote.

Authorities have clarified that the issue has been fixed and the Metro operations...