India, Dec. 18 -- The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) on Wednesday cancelled all pre-registrations for its annual cultural festival, Mood Indigo, which commenced on Tuesday. No outsiders barring participants in various competitions were allowed inside the campus on Wednesday and the same will be followed on Thursday, the last day of the festival, a statement released by the institute said.

The decision to cancel all pre-registrations and bar the entry of outsiders was taken after the heavy influx of festival attendees on Tuesday caused severe traffic congestion along the Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR), with commuters reportedly being stuck for three to four hours.

Residents of neighbourhoods near the IIT campus said...