Overview
- Heavy vehicle movement built from early Sunday and intensified by afternoon on the Pune–Mumbai expressway, the old highway, the Pune–Satara corridor and routes toward Ahmednagar, Nashik and Solapur.
- Toll plazas at Talegaon, Khalapur and Urse saw long queues, with bottlenecks at Bor Ghat and Khambatki Ghat and slow movement through Lonavala and Khandala.
- State highway police and the Highway Safety Patrol deployed extra personnel, patrols, cranes and ambulances, coordinating with control rooms and local police to clear breakdowns and keep traffic moving.
- A brief evening shower further reduced speeds on key stretches, compounding delays reported at several city entry points.
- Commuters reported extended travel times, including drives nearly doubling in duration on Sunday, and city roads around Hinjawadi and Kharadi were gridlocked during Monday’s morning rush.