A huge traffic jam on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway in the Palghar district of Maharashtra left more than 500 students and commuters stranded for nearly twelve hours.

The extensive gridlock, which stretched for several kilometres near Vasai, began at approximately 5.30 pm on Tuesday. It trapped twelve buses carrying students from Classes 5 to 10 of various schools, along with some college students from neighbouring Thane and Mumbai.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Vasai, Poornima Chowgule-Shringi, later confirmed the scale of the traffic jam, which police were working hard to clear.

Community Response

As the crisis deepened, members of a local social organisation rushed

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