Overview
- Traffic slowed to a crawl on Saturday through the ghat stretches, with some Pune–Mumbai journeys topping five hours, travel operators reported.
- Police enforced intermittent halts to regulate flow and urged motorists to consider the old Mumbai–Pune highway (NH-48), monitor live updates, and use helpline 98224-98224.
- The renewed congestion followed the early-Thursday reopening after a hazardous propylene tanker overturn near the Adoshi tunnel that required a 32-hour gas-transfer operation.
- Thousands were stranded during the closure and MSRTC said over 160 bus trips were canceled or disrupted, prompting fresh demands for the Missing Link bypass and tighter heavy-vehicle discipline.
- In a new development, police registered an FIR against the tanker driver for rash and dangerous driving under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act.