JVLR hit with traffic snarls; motorists say it took 1.25 hours to travel from Rambaug Chowki to IIT Bombay

Commuters travelling on the JogeshwarindashVikhroli Link Road JVLR in Mumbai on Tuesday evening faced severe traffic congestion near Powai with many reporting delays of several hoursTraffic on the busy stretch came to a near standstill reportedly as large crowds gathered for IIT Bombayrsquos annual cultural festival moodindigoTraffic officials said the spillover of students and visitors attending the event led to heavy congestion in and around PowaiAccording to officials the traffic jam began in the evening and continued for several hours before easing late at nightHeavy congestion occurred along the JVLR due to a large influx of students attending the Mood Indigo festival at IIT Bombay The JogeshwariVikhroli Link Road JVLR is experiencing significant delays due to poor crowd management Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association CCWA posted along with a video of traffic snarls on XHeavy congestion occurred along the JVLR due to a large influx of students attending the Mood Indigo festival at IIT Bombay The JogeshwariVikhroli Link Road JVLR is experiencing significant delays due to poor crowd management pictwittercomuD4x7MNmVLmdash Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association CCWA ChandivaliCCWA December 16 2025Traffic Police steps inldquoWe already have traffic police on site and now things have begun to normaliserdquo a traffic control official said adding that additional personnel were deployed to manage the situationThe Mumbai Traffic Police also confirmed on social media that traffic movement was slow due to a college event at IIT Bombayrsquos main gate near Sakinaka Traffic Movement Is Slow At Powai IIT MainGate Sakinaka Due To Collage student eventMTPTrafficUpdatemdash Mumbai Traffic Police MTPHereToHelp December 16 2025Commuters report matter on XSeveral commuters expressed their frustration over the long delays A Powai resident said it took him over an hour to travel from Rambaug Chowki to IIT Bombay on a twowheeler a journey that usually takes much less timeIt took me 125 hrs to travel from Rambaug Chowki to IIT Bombay on a two wheeler The traffic was also bad on Khairane road and Chandivali farm Road a Powai resident told midday on Tuesday nightSome of the commuters also took to social media to highlight the chaos One user posted that a journey to Thane which normally takes around 30 minutes was showing a travel time of nearly three hours and sought help from Mumbai Traffic PoliceCMOMaharashtra CPMumbaiPolice mybmc You want more buildings approved in Powai We are choking with full time commercial traffic and congestion in hiranandani powai Today its taken 2 hours to move 23 kms from Khanjurmarg to Powai on JVLR RanaDaggubati pictwittercomi6HY3SJLAimdash Hanuman Tripathi ThinkerTrips December 16 2025Officials said the traffic situation gradually improved later in the night as crowds dispersed and festivalrelated movement reduced Commuters have been advised to avoid the PowaiJVLR stretch during large events at IIT Bombay in the futureToday the chaos at Powai was unimaginable Horrendous traffic management and crazy jamAnd mind you I come from Bangaloremdash Ramalingam S watsubram December 16 2025