Maharashtra Expressway

The stretch is the same on which a gantry crane collapsed in August last year, killing several workers involved in the construction of the expressway.

Thirty-six passengers aboard a private luxury bus narrowly escaped death when the vehicle burst into flames on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra early Saturday morning.

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is set to implement further hour-long roadblocks on the busy Mumbai-Pune Expressway this month commencing today, a move which is likely to affect movement of vehicles.

Dada Bhuse, Nashik's Guardian Minister in Maharashtra cabinet on Sunday said that whoever will be found guilty in connection with the Samruddhi expressway accident which has claimed at least 12 lives will be punished.

At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured when a speeding mini-bus hit a container in the early hours of Sunday on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formerly known as Aurangabad, police said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that the frequent accidents on the Samruddhi-Mahamarg Expressway occur because of sleepiness or tiredness of the driver.

Two persons were killed while four others were injured after a container overturned, jumped the divider, and collided with five cars on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Monday morning, police said.

A "big spark" in electricity pole providing power to the girder launcher preceded its collapse during construction of a viaduct for Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Thane district a day ago, in which at least 20 persons were killed, said cops.

Twenty workers were crushed to death late last night when a crane collapsed on them at a construction site in Thane's Shahapur in Maharashtra, police said.

The private bus involved in the Samruddhi Expressway accident in Maharashtra killing 25 passengers had been fined for violations.

The Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Department has requested the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to conduct a thorough review of the design and safety measures implemented in sleeper coach buses.

The private bus which caught fire on the Nagpur-Mumbai 'Samruddhi Expressway' leading to the death of 25 passengers was issued a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate nine hours after the horrific incident, an RTO official said.

As many as 88 people have lost their lives in road accidents in the last six months on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra, including 25 on Saturday as a private bus caught fire after hitting a divider, an official said.

As many as 88 people have lost their lives in road accidents on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra, including 25 on Saturday as a private bus caught fire after hitting the divider, since it was partially thrown open last December, an official said.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday took a jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in connection with a bus accident on the Samruddhi Expressway

The stretch is the same on which a gantry crane collapsed in August last year, killing several workers involved in the construction of the expressway.

Thirty-six passengers aboard a private luxury bus narrowly escaped death when the vehicle burst into flames on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra early Saturday morning.

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is set to implement further hour-long roadblocks on the busy Mumbai-Pune Expressway this month commencing today, a move which is likely to affect movement of vehicles.

Dada Bhuse, Nashik's Guardian Minister in Maharashtra cabinet on Sunday said that whoever will be found guilty in connection with the Samruddhi expressway accident which has claimed at least 12 lives will be punished.

At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured when a speeding mini-bus hit a container in the early hours of Sunday on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formerly known as Aurangabad, police said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that the frequent accidents on the Samruddhi-Mahamarg Expressway occur because of sleepiness or tiredness of the driver.

Two persons were killed while four others were injured after a container overturned, jumped the divider, and collided with five cars on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Monday morning, police said.

A "big spark" in electricity pole providing power to the girder launcher preceded its collapse during construction of a viaduct for Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Thane district a day ago, in which at least 20 persons were killed, said cops.

Twenty workers were crushed to death late last night when a crane collapsed on them at a construction site in Thane's Shahapur in Maharashtra, police said.

The private bus involved in the Samruddhi Expressway accident in Maharashtra killing 25 passengers had been fined for violations.

The Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Department has requested the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to conduct a thorough review of the design and safety measures implemented in sleeper coach buses.

The private bus which caught fire on the Nagpur-Mumbai 'Samruddhi Expressway' leading to the death of 25 passengers was issued a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate nine hours after the horrific incident, an RTO official said.

As many as 88 people have lost their lives in road accidents in the last six months on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra, including 25 on Saturday as a private bus caught fire after hitting a divider, an official said.

As many as 88 people have lost their lives in road accidents on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra, including 25 on Saturday as a private bus caught fire after hitting the divider, since it was partially thrown open last December, an official said.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday took a jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in connection with a bus accident on the Samruddhi Expressway