India, Aug. 19 -- Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde said on Tuesday that the monorail got stuck due to overloading.

According to Shinde, heavy rain in the city led to overcrowding on the monorail train, which led to the brakes being jammed. Earlier, Astik Pandey, joint commissioner of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, said the train 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 a mechanical disconnect of electric current. After that, emergency brake was deployed, hence the rake stopped working," he said.

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