Overview

• The Bombay Parsi Panchayet wrote to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on September 3 seeking urgent repairs to the Mumbai–Talasari stretch of NH-48, calling the route a “death trap” and citing the 2022 crash that killed Cyrus Mistry.
• Valsad MP Dhaval Patel said a white-topping project from Vagaldhara to the Maharashtra border will begin in October, while crews are using hotmix patchwork during dry spells to ease bottlenecks at Bagwada and Karambeli.
• The NH-48 corridor via Talasari is effectively the sole road access to Udvada from Mumbai and Pune, and poor surfaces plus lax traffic enforcement have stretched travel times to five to six hours.
• Udvada has no hospital, residents report ambulance trips to Vapi now take over an hour, and monthly pilgrim visits of roughly 100–200 have dipped, hurting local hospitality businesses.
• Mumbai Parsis also appealed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with activists flagging non-enforcement of Indian Roads Congress norms on the Dahisar–Talasari section and backing from community media.