The ongoing work for widening the Mumbai-Goa highway (NH-66) has become a matter of concern for those living in the villages along both sides of the road. With construction work being carried out in patches, movement of vehicles has become extremely haphazard on the route. Coupled with this, random speeding of vehicles is leading to more number of accidents on the stretch.

The reply to an RTI query filed by villager Santosh Thakur has revealed that there have been as many as 18 accidents in the past three months, in which six people have died. It also says that over the past year, 40 people have died in such accidents. Speaking to mid-day, Thakur said, "Recently, a mother-son duo died on the spot after they were run over by a trailer. This is not the first incident that has happened here. Every now and then residents of Palaspe and Tara villages meet with such accidents while crossing the highway."