Hoisting a girder on a bridge on the Thane-Diva line did not go as planned for the railways on Sunday. As the work, expected to complete by midnight, got stretched through Monday, it led to huge traffic jams on the Eastern Express Highway, prompting the Thane police to blame the railways for the inconvenience caused to motorists on the first day of the week.

The unplanned diversion of vehicles choked the Eastern Express Highway in Thane on Monday