India, April 28 -- Commuters on the 33.5-kilometre Metro 3 corridor, also known as the Aqua Line, will continue to grapple with mobile and internet blackout in the coming weeks as no company has submitted bids for providing shared mobile cellular coverage on the fully underground route, officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) had floated the tender for providing shared mobile coverage on the route on March 20 and the last date for submitting bids was April 20.

"Though a few companies raised queries during the pre-bid meeting, which we addressed, none of them submitted bids within the deadline," an MMRCL official said, requesting anonymity.

The metro rail authority will ...