Outside the house, an MLC from Nashik, Satyajeet Tambe, narrated his woes on social media on Tuesday. “My respect for Mumbaikars has grown manifold,” he said, after he quit the road journey to travel by suburban train to reach Vidhan Bhavan on Monday.

Travelling from Nashik, bumper to bumper traffic hit Tambe near Bhiwandi from where he reached Kalyan after three long hours. “A friend advised me to take a local train from Kalyan to reach Mumbai. However, it took me another three hours to cover a 30-minute drive from Bhiwandi bypass to Kalyan station from where I finally boarded an AC local,” said the young MLC, saluting the resilience of Mumbaikars for whom such harrowing experiences are a routine.