Families stacked sandbags before dawn while ferries ran a shortened timetable.

Reporters spent the day checking the claim behind “River towns brace for a second crest as relief crews move upstream” with people who had documents, not just a quote. The first version of this story left out a timetable detail; it is included here.

Residents described the practical effect in ordinary terms: a changed commute, a fuller shop, a match that ran long, or a screen that finally worked in the classroom. Those details sit alongside the official line, not underneath it.

We would rather be half an hour late than half a fact wrong.

Taj Today will update this report if the numbers move. Related coverage stays on the category page, and the most-read list shows what the rest of the city opened first.