Overview

• Thane traffic authorities barred heavy vehicles from entering Bhiwandi via four key nakas with exemptions for emergency services, effective August 23 until further notice.
• The order, issued by DCP (Traffic) Pankaj Shirsat, provides alternate routes for trucks as officials cite congestion and safety concerns.
• Dr. Naseem Ansari, 58, died late Friday after his scooter hit a pothole under the APJ Abdul Kalam flyover at Vanjar Patti Naka and he fell under a truck’s rear wheel.
• Police identified and arrested driver Mohammad Bilal Mohammad Aslam and registered a case for causing death by negligence under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• CCTV of the crash circulated online, residents held protests over road upkeep and diverted heavy traffic, and civic crews began patching potholes as a local doctor alleged hospital staff initially filled the fatal hole with stones.