No safety issue with Mumbai's underground Metro corridor: Official

MMRC assures safety after water seepage incident at Acharya Atre Chowk station on Mumbai's underground Metro corridor.

Water seepage inside the Acharya Atre Chowk station here occurred due to a “sudden kind of event” and it could not be prevented, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has said, asserting there is no safety issue with the underground Metro system.

In a video statement issued on Tuesday (May 27, 2025) night, MMRC Managing Director Ashwini Bhide said there is absolutely no safety issue as far as the underground Metro is concerned, and all standard operating procedures (SOPs) were followed after Monday morning’s (May 26, 2025) incident.

Water entered the Acharya Atre Chowk Metro station at Worli Naka in central Mumbai at the concourse and platform levels of the city’s first underground Metro corridor, also known as the 'Aqua Line', when heavy rains lashed the metropolis on Monday (May 26, 2025).

The incident raised concerns over passenger safety on the corridor and triggered a political slugfest as well.

This was a once-in-a-while kind of event,” Ms. Bhide said in a video statement lasting about five minutes, assuring passengers of safety on the 33-km underground Colaba-BKC-Aarey (JVLR) corridor.

She said the incident could not be prevented as it occurred suddenly, with around 90 mm of rainfall recorded in just one-and-a-half hours.

Ms. Bhide said the entire operational underground corridor between Aarey (JVLR) and Worli was safe, and more than 40,000 passengers travelled on it on the day.