The bus accident, which claimed the lives of 13 people and injured more than 25, has sent shockwaves through Nagari Niwara and BMC Colony in Goregaon East, where most of the victims lived. When mid-day arrived at Nagari Niwara on Saturday, the neighbourhood was enveloped in a pall of gloom.

Shivam Khedekar, a resident, claimed that the accident would not have happened had the band members taken the Mumbai Pune Expressway. “But two of the members who were a part of the dhol pathak had to be dropped at Khopoli, so the bus took the old Mumbai Pune Highway route,” he said.