An express highway connecting Mumbai and Pune has witnessed jams on Thursday, February 26, leaving commuters stuck in a long queue. According to a video shared by a verified X handle, vehicles were struck on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway near Khandala Ghat on the Pune-bound lane.
The X user NexMinute News shared visuals from the Mumbai–Pune highway shows several vehicles, including trucks and cars, stranded for hours due to a long jam. However, LokmatTimes.com has not verified the shared clip claiming a traffic jam on the Pune-Mumbai highway.
At the time of writing this report, Google Maps also shows a red line on the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway, which further indicates heavy traffic jams or slow vehicles at times. It also shows a crash, which means a vehicular accident on the expressway.
Meanwhile, the Missing Link on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway is reported be completed and the official inauguration is likely on May 1, 2026. The trial testing of the link will be conducted by MSRDC in April. An MSRDC official said only 15 meters of work is pending on the Mumbai corridor and 6 meters on the Pune corridor of the cable-stayed bridge.
The lane between Khopoli and Kusgaon is built to takeover he Khandala-Lonavala ghat section, a winding, steep climb that has long been a bottleneck on one of the busiest expressways. Currently, the distance between the two points is about 19.8 km. The Missing Link cuts that down by over six kilometres, saving travel time of almost 25 to 30 minutes.