Mumbai-Pune expressway experienced major traffic diversion on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 noon. Commuters remained stranded for hours in long queues. Due t o massive traffic, highway authorities have enforced emergency traffic diversion. Pune-bound lanes were the primarily affected due to this gridlock, which prompted a officials to temporarily halt Mumbai-bound traffic to flush out the bottleneck that has paralysed the Borghat section.
Disruption was concentrated on the critical stretch between the Amrutanjan Bridge and Dattawadi and vehicular movement was slowed to a crawl. Heavy traffic started early in the morning and worsened due to sharp turns and breakdowns blocking key points in the ghat. This rapidly created a significant bottleneck, trapping commuters and long-distance travelers in a multi-kilometer standstill. Highway Police teams initiated an urgent recovery operation to manage the escalating situation.
To restore the normalcy, police implemented a strategic 15-minute traffic block on Mumbai bound side of the expressway. To clear the backlog of Pune-bound vehicles and resolve the gridlock in the ghat section, authorities are halting Mumbai-bound traffic to utilise the freed road capacity. Highway Police are working urgently to manage the traffic volume and advise commuters to delay their trips or pause in Lonavala or Khalapur until traffic flow normalizes.