Overview

• Traffic swelled two days before Ganesh Chaturthi, creating multi‑kilometre queues despite many drivers travelling overnight to avoid congestion.
• Maharashtra added special trains and about 1,000 state transport buses, waived tolls toward Konkan, and posted more than 600 police and home‑guard personnel at key choke points.
• Motorists reported six–seven kilometre jams near Mangaon and Lonere, blaming cratered surfaces and an under‑construction flyover for persistent bottlenecks.
• Viral posts, including Marathi actor Vaibhav Mangle’s account and a sarcastic tweet calling the route “heaven-like,” drew wider attention to potholes from Mangaon to Chiplun.
• Following an aerial video from the Vashishti Bridge area, NHAI clarified that the Chiplun stretch is maintained by the state PWD, as reports also cited cost escalation and an estimated Rs 100 crore set aside for urgent repairs.