Road accident causes huge traffic snarl on Thane Panvel route

An accident of heavy vehicles at the Mumbra bypass led to a huge traffic jam on the Thane-Panvel route. The traffic congestion irked commuters as it continued for around 2-3 hours leading to long queue of vehicles on the Ghodbunder route, in Thane.

"The accident was reported during early morning hours, near the Mumbra bypass road. The long distance vehicles plying on ThanePanvel route was stuck in the traffic for hours," said a traffic official from Thane.

Due to the accident, the congestion of vehicles moving towards Panvel from Thane was seen. This also affected the traffic moving from Nashik to Mumbai and Ghodbunder to Thane route.