MUMBAI, Sept. 14 -- Commuters travelling from the suburbs to the city by road faced severe traffic snarls, beginning as early as 10 am, on Saturday, the first day of the weekend, following the closure of the over century-old Elphinstone Road Over Bridge (ROB) on Friday night. Public anger was palpable on roads and social media was abuzz with furious citizens blaming the traffic police's poor planning, the day after the bridge's shutdown. Those travelling by BEST and MSRTC buses were equally affected after 11 key services were either curtailed or re-routed. Bottlenecks were observed along key arterial roads. Joint commissioner of police (Traffic) Anil Kumbhare said, "We posted 100 traffic wardens in three shifts, along with 50 extra police personnel and 25 Maharashtra Security Force jawans to manage the diversions." Officials however warned that Monday would be a bigger test. P3...