India, Sept. 16 -- Amid heavy rain on Monday morning, Mumbai Monorail services were disrupted for the seventh time in less than a month.

Following incessant rains since the early hours of Monday, a monorail train carrying 17 passengers stalled on a curve between the Antop Hill and GTB Nagar stations at 7.16 am due to a technical fault, according to officials. The stranded passengers were transferred to another train on the elevated tracks, even as services were disrupted for a couple of hours during Monday morning rush hour.

"The Rolling Stock Train 11 was headed to Chembur when the air pressure in the hydraulic system suddenly dropped. This necessitated the application of parking brakes," said an official aware of the developments.

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