Over 20,000 police personnel were keeping vigil, aided by 15 State Reserve Police Force and three Rapid Action Force companies. “The city was peaceful,” said Niket Kaushik, ACP (Crime).

Both office and residential areas were desolate as people chose to stay indoors through Sunday. Shops, commercial establishments, including restaurants, malls and hotels, and even medical stores kept shutters down, while movie theatres cancelled shows.

It was no different in Navi Mumbai and Thane.

Most auto-rickshaws and taxis remained off streets and the ones that were plying, passengers complained, demanded exorbitant fares. “I needed to go to Santacruz but could not because the taxi driver sought Rs 2,000,” said Leena Rege of Shivaji Park, Dadar.

Thampi Kurien, auto-rickshaw union leader, and Anthony Quadros of taxi union said they would study the situation on Monday morning before taking a call on resuming services.

BEST arranged for additional buses. “Normally, we ply 3,200 buses on Sundays but this Sunday we added services in areas such as Mumbai Central, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Kurla,” a spokesperson said.

There were stray incidents of stone-pelting on Saturday and Sunday. “There have been 11 stone-pelting incidents since Saturday evening, including at Agar Bazar and LBS Marg in Mulund on Sunday,” a police spokesperson said.

Traffic was diverted at various junctions and motorists were told to avoid Western Express Highway between Santacruz and Kalanagar.

From noon to around 9 pm, roads around Sena Bhavan were cordoned off and traffic was diverted through Tilak bridge to Dadar TT.

“There were no traffic problems today. After an advisory was issued on Saturday, people kept off Western Express Highway, which was taken by the procession of people headed to Dadar and Shivaji Park,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Vivek Phansalkar.

There were eight charter arrivals and 12 departures at Mumbai airport. Airport sources said over 400 passengers missed flights as taxis and auto-rickshaws kept off roads.

Meanwhile, schools will now open only on Tuesday.

In a nutshell

There were 11 stone-pelting incidents since Saturday evening, including at Agar Bazar and LBS Marg in Mulund on Sunday

Most auto-rickshaws and taxis remained off streets and the ones that were plying, passengers complained, demanded exorbitant fares