Navi Mumbai: Owing to frequent public inconvenience expected during the launch of CIDCO’s underground tunnel project between Kharghar Gurudwara and Juinagar railway station, the Navi Mumbai Traffic Department has issued year-long traffic restrictions and diversions along key stretches of the Sion–Panvel Highway.

CIDCO has stated that the 1.763-km Kharghar–Turbhe link road project will significantly cut travel time between Kharghar, Belapur and Turbhe by nearly 30 minutes. Once completed, the link is expected to reduce the current 40-minute commute between Turbhe and Kharghar to just 10 minutes, easing pressure on the heavily congested Sion–Panvel Highway. The construction work on the underground tunnel project—estimated at around Rs 2,100 crore—began on Thursday.

The work zone is being

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