5km Mumbai-Agra highway stretch in Nashik clogged on weekends
Nashik: Motorists on the stretch of the Mumbai-Agra highway passing through the city, particularly between Dwarka and Bali Mandir junctions, are experiencing significant delays due to traffic being redirected from the flyover to the surface road.What normally takes 10 minutes is now requiring 40 to 50 minutes.
Despite the presence of traffic police and NHAI-appointed traffic wardens at all junctions along the 5km stretch, the volume of traffic remains challenging to manage.The weekend witnessed extremely slow-moving traffic on this route. Tushar Adhavoo, an assistant inspector of the traffic branch, said: "We have deployed additional police personnel on this stretch to manage the rush of vehicles. Motorists will have to bear with the inconvenience until the maintenance work of the flyover is complete." The maintenance activities are restricted to Saturdays and Sundays, with normal flyover operations resuming on weekdays.The flyover maintenance is proceeding in phases, with current works focusing on the Mumbai-bound lane between Bali Mandir and Dwarka. Vehicles approaching from Ozar and heading towards Nashik, Igatpuri, Thane, and Mumbai must exit the flyover at Bali Mandir junction after entering at Adgaon. They then continue their journey on the surface road for over 5km until Dwarka junction.The surface road already accommodates regular traffic from Dhule to Mumbai, alongside vehicles joining from various intersections, including Bali Mandir, Amrutdham, Aurangabad Naka, Kannamwar junction, Tractor House, and Dwarka. According to traffic authorities, maintenance work commences on Friday night and continues through the weekend, with the flyover reopening on Monday morning. This arrangement has been ongoing for several weeks and is expected to continue until the completion of maintenance across the entire Mumbai-Agra highway flyover within the city.
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