National highways traffic passing through Pune back to 95% of pre-Covid level

The traffic on national highways passing through Pune region is back on track to at least 95 per cent of its normal levels during the pre-Covid period.

The three national highways passing through Pune include Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, Pune-Solapur road and the Pune-Ahmednagar road.

Post lifting of movement of goods and people with e-pass – traffic had increased to 50 per cent. However, after the Maharashtra government abolished e-pass system from September 2, highway traffic has resumed almost 95 per cent of its level compared to pre-Covid levels on three national highways, according to highway police.

Police have noted that after e-pass was abolished, there is an increase in private passenger vehicles with people travelling more and numbers growing on weekends.