Traffic congestion on Eastern and Western Express Highways irks commuters

On Thursday morning long queues of vehicles were seen on the Western Express Highway WEH and Eastern Express Highway EEH in Mumbai and ThaneThe main cause of the jam was a loading truck that had broken down at the Sahara Star bridge Vakola informed the Mumbai Traffic police on TwitterNorthbound traffic has been slowed by a truck breakdown at Sahara Star bridge Vakola Mumbai Traffic Police tweeted Northbound traffic has been slowed by a truck breakdown at Sahara Star bridge Vakola MTPTrafficUpdatesmdash Mumbai Traffic Police MTPHereToHelp August 18 2022Mumbai Traffic Police in another tweet also said that southbound traffic was affected due to a truck breakdown nearby Tilak bridge near Matunga Southbound traffic has been slowed by a truck breakdown nearby the Tilak bridgeMatunga MTPTrafficUpdatesmdash Mumbai Traffic Police MTPHereToHelp August 18 2022Meanwhile commuters travelling via Eastern Express Highway took to Twitter and shared disappointment Eastbound traffic affected over Airoli Bridge from Eastern Express Highway to Airoli Unknown reasons Stuck from 810am to 825am and still on Airoli Bridge a Twitter user said3rd Day Eastbound traffic was effected over Airoli Bridge from Eastern Express Highway to Airoli Unknown reasons Stuck from 810am to 825am and was still on Airoli Bridge MTPHereToHelp mumbaitraffic TrafficBOM traffic_mumbai MumbaiTrafuckedmdash Ajay Pathak ajayp_4 August 18 2022Potholes at Airoli bridge towards Airoli have become worse Can the potholes be filled at the earliest to provide some relief Its taking more than 45 mins to cross the bridge another user tweeted at 930 am todaytraffic_mumbai Deep potholes at Airoli bridge towards Airoli have become worse Can the potholes be filled at the earliest to provide some relief Its taking more than 45 mins to cross the bridge Thanks in advancemdash Faiyaz Dalvi FaiyazDalvi August 18 2022Dev_Fadnavis mieknathshinde nitin_gadkariToday morning 830 pm huge traffic due to inaction in fixing potholes on the Airoli bridge New Mumbai It takes hours to cross bridge just because of handful potholesCan something be done for common men pictwittercomgwv9l5VICWmdash JATEEN DAVE DAVEJATEEN August 18 2022Meanwhile a couple was crushed to death after a speeding dumper truck hit their motorcycle on the Western Express Highway on WednesdayThe couple was headed towards Marol Naka in suburban Andheri when the accident occurred in the afternoon a police official told PTIThe official further said that they were rushed to a hospital but were declared dead before admission The dumper driver was nabbed and booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC including 304A causing death by negligence