Pedestrians were on Friday seen wearing face masks while walking along the Western Express Highway in Borivali to protect themselves from air pollution. Pics/Satej Shinde
13 March,2026 11:45 AM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Mumbai Police on Sunday night deployed additional personnel in several parts of the city to manage the traffic and maintain law and order as a large crowds hit the streets to celebrate Team India' T20 World Cup victory. Pics/Satej Shinde
09 March,2026 11:43 AM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
mid-day test drive
Mumbai’s flyovers, built to ease traffic at junctions and signals, are increasingly clogged during peak hours due to the movement of heavy vehicles. Mid-day recently conducted a test drive on both corridors to reveal that the extensive use of flyovers by outstation buses and goods carriers is causing congestion. City-based transport experts believe that easing congestion on arterial routes requires barring heavy vehicles from flyovers. According to the traffic police, the movement of heavy vehicles is restricted from 8 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 9 pm. Pics/Satej Shinde, Ashish Raje and Ranjeet Jadhav (Story/Ranjeet Jadhav and Rajendra Aklekar)
06 March,2026 01:43 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
On Thursday, Maharashtra transporters launched a statewide chakka jam protest over e-challans and other sectoral issues. The strike began at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai and along the Eastern Express Highway. (PICS/ Sayyed Sameer Abedi, Rajendra B Aklekar)
05 March,2026 01:45 PM IST | Anushree GaikwadADVERTISEMENT
