Heavy vehicles banned in Raigad until Friday (02 January)

As per reports, authorities in Raigad have banned the movement of heavy and oversized vehicles across major highways and arterial roads until 2359 hours on Thursday (01 January) in anticipation of major tourist rush and congestion.

Essential services, including milk, petrol, diesel, cooking gas, medicines, oxygen, water supply and emergency vehicles, are exempted from the ban. The stretches likely to be affected include the Mumbai–Goa Highway at Pen, Vadkhal, Nagothane, Kolad, Indapur, Mangaon, Goregaon, Mahad, and the Vadkhal–Alibag road. Poynad, Pezari, Karlekhind, and Alibag have been regular bottlenecks. Congestion is also common on Alibag–Revdanda, Alibag–Murud, and Alibag–Mandwa routes.