Daijiworld Media Network - Palghar

Palghar, Oct 15: Over 500 students and commuters were stranded for nearly 12 hours on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad National Highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after a massive traffic jam on Tuesday evening, officials said.

The gridlock, which stretched nearly 70 kilometres near Vasai, began around 5:30 pm and continued until the early hours of Wednesday. Twelve buses carrying students from Classes 5 to 10 of various schools, along with college students from Thane and Mumbai, were caught in the chaos while returning from school picnics near Virar. Six buses from a well-known Dadar school and six buses from Malwani were left stranded overnight without food or water.

Students from the Dadar school were returning from The Great Escape Water Park in Vajresh

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