Overview

• Twelve student buses from Thane and Mumbai were trapped near Vasai from about 5:30 pm Tuesday until early Wednesday, with the last arrivals around 6 am.
• Children went hours without food or water before local volunteers distributed supplies and helped drivers inch forward.
• Police later escorted some buses to a hotel for meals and shelter, while the Mira Bhayander–Vasai Virar control room reported slow clearing through the night.
• A separate jam on Thane’s Ghodbunder Road left about 170 students stuck for nearly six hours as picnic buses tried to return to the city.
• Parents and bus operators faulted poor planning and coordination, and the traffic department acknowledged heavy congestion linked to repair-related diversions and a lane closure near an Indian Oil pump.