High traffic on Pune-Mumbai Expressway, toll collection suspended temporarily to ease congestion

The Pune-Mumbai Expressway witnessed considerable congestion on Sunday as thousands of people left Mumbai for Pune to celebrate Bhaubeej and Padwa, which fall on Monday.

Due to the large volume of traffic, the management of the toll booth at Khalapur had to let motorists pass without paying the toll fee to ease congestion.

According to a staffer manning the Pune-Mumbai Expressway Control Room, “There was heavy traffic in the morning. The traffic subsided after noon. Most of the motorists were heading towards Pune from Mumbai.”

State Transport buses coming to Pune from Mumbai reached Swargate with a delay of at least three hours. This delayed departure of buses from Pune.