Here's what Mumbai looks like today: Shops, restaurants, hotels, cinema halls, malls and other commercial establishments remained shut and private vehicles, taxis, autorickshaws remained off the roads. Medical shops in the city as well as in neighbouring Thane were also closed. Citizens also found it difficult to get milk and vegetables.

About 20,000 police personnel are keeping a strict vigil in the metropolis to maintain law and order.

"No violence has been reported in the city so far," a police officer said. "Nobody has been asked to shut their shops or malls. Everybody closed their shops voluntarily. Autorickshaws and taxis also voluntarily stopped plying on the roads," the officer added.

Except for the civic body's BEST buses and suburban railways, no transport is available for the commuters.