Rain fury: Landslides shut Mumbai-Pune expressway; trains cancelled, traffic hit amid heavy rainfall

Mumbai, 6/7: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway—which connects India’s financial capital with Maharashtra’s cultural capital—has been temporarily shut due to continuous downpour in the belt on Monday.

The Expressway is one of India’s busiest roads—a six-lane wide concrete toll expressway spanning nearly 100 kms connecting Mumbai and Pune via Raigad passing through the picturesque Sahyadri mountain ranges.