From the archive record
Running along with the scenic Sahyadri mountain range through tunnels and passes the Mumbai-Pune Expressway is India's first six-lane expressway. This expressway has been renamed Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway and is solely controlled by Maharashtra government. The road goes on to Khandala and Lonavala, as marked on the boards. Gargi Outdoor Advertising makes its presence felt on the billboards. Netting and bio fabrics control erosion and landslides along the highway. The multiple tunnels gouged out of the Western Ghats hillsides and rocks have clearly taken their environmental toll. Foggy landscape during the monsoon, there is non stop flow of vehicles on the highway as well as the Expressway. This is the deadly highway that causes people to irrationally speed and injures and kills in equa