The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has taken action to improve safety on the Mumbai Monorail after a break down of the train between two stations on Tuesday.

A Mumbai Monorail train abruptly came to a halt between Acharya Atre and Wadala Monorail stations on the evening of August 19, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded mid-air for over an hour. The Mumbai fire brigade, police and other emergency services joined the rescue operations following which all the passengers were safely rescued.

The authorities are now introducing immediate and long-term steps to make sure such incidents do not happen again, an official statement said.