30-Hour Expressway Ordeal: Industrialist Airlifted, Thousands Stranded in Mumbai-Pune Jam

• A gas tanker overturning on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway caused a massive 30-hour traffic jam, stretching for 20 km.
• Dr. Sudhir Mehta, Chairman of Pinnacle Group, was stuck for 8 hours and eventually 'airlifted' by helicopter back to Pune.
• Mehta criticized administrative failures on social media, highlighting the lack of emergency exits and helipads.
• He demanded emergency exit routes and low-cost helipads along the Expressway for future crisis management.
• The incident raised concerns about the plight of thousands of common people, including children and the elderly, stranded without food and water.