Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to suspend monorail services temporarily from September 20.

The decision was made to improve the monorail service system and prepare it for future needs. These services were suspended to enable uninterrupted installation, commissioning and integrated testing of new rakes and signalling systems. Additionally, MMRDA also aims to facilitate complete overhauling and retrofitting of older rakes to ensure glitch-free performance. Further, this suspension will allow manpower training and redeployment for upcoming Metro operations.

Moreover, with services running daily from 6:15 AM to 11:30 PM, only 3.5 hours at night remain for installation and testing. He...