11 December,2025 10:30 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
According to the advisory, all heavy vehicles heading towards Ghodbunder Road from Mumbai and Thane will be stopped at the Y Junction and Kapurbawdi Junction. Representational Pic
Thane Police have announced significant traffic diversions on the Thane-Ghodbunder Highway 84, specifically between Gaimukh Nirakendra, Kajupada, and Fountain Hotel. This is due to essential roadwork being carried out by the Public Works Department (PWD) and Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC).
The official notification from Thane Police clarifies that the traffic control measures will not affect police vehicles, fire brigades, ambulances, green corridor vehicles, oxygen gas transporters, and other essential service vehicles.
Duration and Purpose
The diversions will be enforced from 12:01 AM on December 12 until 11:59 PM on December 14. The PWD and TMC will be conducting DBM and mastic repairs on the stretch between Gaimukh Nirakendra, Kajupada, and Fountain Hotel.
According to the advisory, all heavy vehicles heading towards Ghodbunder Road from Mumbai and Thane will be stopped at the Y Junction and Kapurbawdi Junction.
DCP Traffic Pankaj Shirsath stated that repair work is underway on the damaged road section between the new and old Octroi Naka up to the Nira Centre, carried out by the PWD and TMC. From December 12 to 14, all 6-wheel and 10-wheel goods vehicles approaching from the Thane side will be redirected to alternate routes to ease traffic flow during the repairs.
Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Friday directed the official to complete all ongoing works at Thane's Ghodbunder Road on a war footing and the final-stage projects must be finished by December 15.
These include several development works and the groundbreaking ceremony for a new theatre at Waghbil.
A review meeting was held on Friday in the Arvind Pendse auditorium at the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) headquarters. Sarnaik, Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao, Additional Commissioner Prashant Rode, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Pankaj Shirsat, and senior officials from the TMC, MMRDA, Metro, PWD, the Collector's Office and other departments were present, an official statement said on Friday.
Sarnaik said that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had provided significant funds for Thane's development. Using this funding, projects such as the scientific rejuvenation of 67 wells across the city are underway. Water from these wells will be made potable, it said.
Modern upgrades to crematoriums, a dedicated crematorium for pets, the Balasaheb Thackeray Digital Aquarium, and jogging tracks for morning walkers are also being created.
Work on the service road connection along Ghodbunder Road is in progress. Sarnaik instructed that with coordination between MMRDA, the electricity and water departments, the Metro authority and the traffic police, the service road must be completed by January 15. He added that citizens should not suffer due to traffic congestion and that the Regional Transport Office will assign five squads to assist the traffic police, according to the statement.
