Part of Mumbra Bypass road in Maharashtra’s Thane caves in; traffic hit

Officials from the Mumbra Traffic Police and TMC’s Regional Disaster Management Cell were rushed to the spot and the lane has temporarily been closed for traffic

A portion of the Mumbra Bypass road in Maharashtra’s Thane caved in on Thursday morning. Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) officials said the incident was reported around 1.35 am when a four to five feet long patch of the Thane bound lane caved in on the Rana Nagar stretch of the road.

Part of Mumbra Bypass Road caved in early on Thursday, July 29. (Praful Gangurde/HT photo)

Officials from the Mumbra Traffic Police and TMC’s Regional Disaster Management Cell were rushed to the spot and the lane has temporarily been closed for traffic.

“Around 60% of the Thane bound lane on the bridge that passes over Mumbra Retibandar has been closed for traffic while repair work is done. Personnel have been deployed in order to manage the traffic during this time,” deputy commissioner of police Balasaheb Patil, Thane Traffic Police, said.

More than 50,000 heavy vehicles ply on this road towards Bhiwandi, Taloja, Panvel and JNPT. Vehicles going towards Delhi, Agra, Ahmedabad and Chennai also use this bypass. The closure of a part of the lane might affect the traffic along Kalwa bridge, Thane Belapur Road, Mulund Airoli link Road, Kalyan Shil Phata Road, Mumbai Nasik Highway, Mumbra city, Ghodbunder Road and Eastern Express Highway as well.