Motorists should expect a journey without hassle on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway near Sasunavghar this monsoon, as the VVCMC is working along with the police to clear debris blocking it. Encroachers along the highway had blocked the culvert, in front of Kutch Darbar, over the past two-three years, officials said on Sunday. This resulted in heavy waterlogging and subsequent traffic jams, they added.

The culvert under NH-48 is located right after the Versova bridge, towards Gujarat, a senior civic official said. A portion of the culvert, right in front of Kutch Darbar hotel, had been blocked with debris by the by the encroachers on the highway and “that is why the natural flow of rainwater from east to west was disturbed and the roads got flooded after incessant rainfall”, the official added.