India, Aug. 19 -- Passengers were gradually being brought out of a monorail that was stranded for nearly two hours, and counting, in Mumbai around 8 pm on Tuesday, after it lost power supply amid heavy rain.

Rescuers first tried to tow the four-coach monorail - stranded on a curve on the several feet high tracks near Mysore Colony - to the nearest station with the help of another monorail, but the brakes remained jammed, officials told HT.

Astik Pandey, joint commissioner of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, said it was loaded beyond capacity.

"The capacity of the monorail is 109 metric tonnes. On Tuesday, it was overloaded due to excessive crowds. On a curve, there was mechanical disconnect of electric current. Aft...