Commuters travelling through the newly inaugurated underground metro stretches of Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Colaba–Bandra–SEEPZ) are still facing poor or no mobile network connectivity, leaving them frustrated weeks after the line was opened for public use.

The problem is not the absence of connectivity infrastructure but disputes and disagreements over the third-party infrastructure firm engaged by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL), and commercial charges imposed on telecom operators for using the third-party firm’s infrastructure for providing services to the commuters.