If you are a regular traveler on Pune - Mumbai Route, you must have witnessed what is shown above. This is a picture of heavy traffic jam near Panvel where our bus, Shivneri took almost an hour to cross the bridge that otherwise avoids Panvel traffic. And this is not a case happening once in while. This has now become day to day experience on this route. Lot of road expansion work in going on here that has created a bottle neck for the vehicles going towards Mumbai. Worst part is the road provided for these vehicles to drive is actually not a road. Distance between two potholes on this road is less than 1 inch. In fact there are pot holes with in a pot hole. With Fantastic suspension of Mercedes Benz model of Shivneri bus, you pretty much get a feeling of sitting in a boat. And if by chance your bus is passing through flooded water, it really make you feel like sitting in a boat. Yesterday while in bus, we felt like singing a marathi song "Vallahav re nakwa, ho" generally sung by fishermen in sea which crudely means "pedal your boats".
I don't think road construction work is an issue here. The issue is the poor (even that doesn't describe the condition of roads actually) condition of roads whichconverts an other wise 3 hours journey of Pune - Mumbai route in to 6 hours. That's a shame. Just one suggestion, do not even think about travelling in your own car on this route. You will repent for your decision after an exhausting 6 hours snail pace journey. Go for Shivneri or other MSRTC buses.
5 comments:
Most of us in metro spend helluva time in traffic snarls.
I always had the best experiences with Shivneri. I totally root for their services. As for the traffic, well... never had to face one on this route.
Was wondering from which vehicle you had clicked this pic from till I read the post... Mumbai n its traffic... :(
Yaa Shivneri makes travelling much better
It's a lovely picture.
I've been a victim to this terrifying traffic jam once and we were travelling my the state bus. You know how good those are. We ended up taking the alternative route over the kaccha hill wala raasta. It was absolutely the worst experience ever. Every one in the bus was praying to their respective gods as the driver was not confident about while making the turns.
We made it though. Slowly ... a few fellow travellers kept encouraging the driver whenever we stopped.
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