A bridge collapsed near Karnala today causing a traffic jam on the Mumbai-Goa Highway on Monday morning. The roads are congested with vehicles on both ways of the route as far as 2 km away from the bridge. As a result, the traffic on the Mumbai-Goa Highway is moving very slowly.
Raigad and Thane districts have been experiencing heavy rains since Saturday evening. Due to heavy showers, the bridge near Karnala was waterlogged and thus caved in at 8:00 AM. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.
The traffic jam formed at the Mumbai-Goa Highway has not yet been cleared after several hours of the incident. The number of vehicles diverging to alternate routes is very less. The commuters are struggling to move forward as a result of the increased flow as well as the unrelenting rains.