Traffic congestion brought movement to a near halt on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Lonavala due to ongoing bridge maintenance work. Vehicles were stuck for over 30 minutes in a 5 km stretch, prompting frustrated commuters to share updates online while authorities issued traffic advisories

The policy, first introduced in 2019, mandates that drivers operating commercial passenger vehicles - including those working with aggregators such as Ola and Uber - should be able to converse in Marathi