Gas Tanker Overturns At Mumbai-Pune Expressway 'Traffic Jam'

Traffic on the busy Mumbai-Pune Expressway was paralysed after a gas tanker overturned in the Khandala Ghat section, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded and causing massive congestion on both carriageways, officials said on Wednesday. 

Vehicles remained stationary near the accident site for several hours amid the traffic chaos stretching for over 12 hours, leaving passengers, including women and



children, without food, water, and toilet facilities.

The highway traffic police have appealed to motorists to avoid travelling on the expressway as far as possible until normal traffic movement is restored. 

The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is India's first 6-lane, concrete, access-controlled tolled expressway. It spans a distance of 94.5 km connecting Mumbai, Raigad and Navi Mumbai with Pune.