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Maharashtra: Traffic on Mumbai-Goa Highway Increases As People Travel to Konkan Ahead of Holi

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 13, 2025 10:41 IST

Many people are taking a break from their daily lives and traveling back to their native places or hometowns ...

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Many people are taking a break from their daily lives and traveling back to their native places or hometowns to celebrate Holi on March 14. Ahead of Holi, the Mumbai-Goa Highway witnessed a huge traffic jam.

There are two reasons behind this vehicular bottleneck on the highway:

  1. There was an increase in the number of vehicles taking that route as people were traveling towards the Konkan region ahead of the Holi celebrations.
  2. The ongoing construction work on the Mumbai-Goa Highway.

 

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The construction work of Mumbai-Goa Highway, which was supposed to conclude by December 2024, is facing a delay. Now, the motorway is expected to open by 2026.

Shivendra Raje Bhosale, the minister of public works, recently examined the work progress of the highway and made the announcement. After conducting a comprehensive assessment of the length, the minister claimed to have issued directives to accelerate the highway's construction. The future highway experienced numerous delays for a variety of reasons, such as the collapse of a flyover in the Chiplun neighbourhood of Bahadur Sheikh and disagreements between contractors along the Sangameshwar-Lanja stretch. But the project officials said that these problems have already been resolved.

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