Mumbai-Pune Expressway Gridlock: 30-Hour Jam, 100 Km Stretch, Tanker Overturn Chaos

• The Mumbai-Pune Expressway experienced a 30-hour traffic jam, stretching 60 km, after a tanker carrying flammable propylene gas overturned near Adoshi Tunnel in Raigad district.
• The incident, from Tuesday evening to Wednesday night, stranded thousands of vehicles and highlighted reliability concerns for busy expressways.
• Traffic was diverted to the Old Mumbai-Pune Highway, causing further congestion between Kamshet and Lonavala.
• The article also references other major traffic incidents globally, including the 2025 Maha Kumbh, Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road, Mumbai floods of 2005, and the 2010 China traffic jam.