Continuous rains disrupt Pune-Mumbai traffic
Times of Pune, PUNE: The incessant rains since midnight Saturday have not only completely halted rail traffic between Pune and Mumbai due to water-logging on the tracks, but landslides in the ghats section have also considerably slowed down vehicles on the expressway.
Meanwhile, a major landslide caused extensive damage to a ground-plus-two storeyed building at the Sinhagad Technical Education Society’s (STES) academic campus in Lonavla early on Sunday morning.
No casualty was reported as the workshop building of the institute, which, otherwise houses over 250 students and staff on working days, was unoccupied since it was a Sunday and a holiday.
The Central Railway had to cancel a number of inter-city trains, including some on the Pune-Lonavla route, due to landslide between Lonavla and Karjat and water logging of tracks near Lonavla. Moreover, a few express trains were diverted via Daund and Manmad, though local trains between Pune and Talegaon were still running.
A large number of passengers were reportedly stranded at various railway stations, many of them resorting to cool cabs, taxis, state transport buses and other private vehicles to continue their journey.
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