India, Aug. 27 -- A week after two Mumbai Monorail trains were stuck on the tracks during incessant rains, one of them for several hours, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has suspended two officials pending an inquiry.

In the two incidents on the evening of August 19, a total of 1,148 passengers were stranded - 582 near Mysore Colony station and 566 near Acharya Atre station. In both incidents, the system experienced power failures. While the MMRDA attributed the problem to overcrowding in the first instance, it has bene silent on the cause of the mishap near Acharya Atre station.

While the latter train was towed to Acharya Atre station, where the 566 commuters deboarded, the monorail near Mysore Colony invol...