On Wednesday morning, hundreds of vehicles were caught in a traffic jam on the Pune-Nashik highway close to Chakan MIDC. Commuters faced significant delays as the congestion built up during peak travel hours.
“Our teams were immediately deployed to the spot, and the container was removed in around 30 minutes.
Pawar said. On the decongestion of the jam, Nilesh Waghmare, senior police inspector of the Mahalunge traffic division, told TOI that the container broke down near Spine Road. However, the road was already heavily congested and vehicles had piled up for several kilometers as the incident had occurred during peak hours,” he said.
“If she had been eight or nine months pregnant and we were travelling for emergency care, the situation could have been much worse. What would happen if a patient requiring urgent medical attention gets stuck in such traffic? He later wrote to the chief minister seeking immediate intervention to address the issue. The incident came days after the district administration initiated steps to address traffic and infrastructure-related problems in and around Chakan MIDC, following the concerns raised by several industrial units over poor infrastructure and the threatened relocation.