Archive · 21 Aug 2025
Mumbai-Goa Highway to Restrict Heavy Vehicles for Ganesh Festival
To help people traveling to celebrate the Ganesh festival, big trucks and buses will not be allowed on the Mumbai-Goa highway at certain times.
This will help everyone travel safely and prevent traffic.
The ban starts before the festival and has extra days when it's in place for the celebrations and when people are coming back.
But, trucks carrying important things like food and medicine can still go through.
The police can also change the rules if they need to, depending on how many people are traveling.
Heavy vehicles will be restricted on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway during the Ganesh festival.
The ban aims to ease travel for devotees going to the Konkan region.
The ban will be in effect from August 23 to August 28, with additional restrictions on specific dates.
Vehicles carrying essential goods are exempt from the restrictions.
Authorities can relax restrictions based on the situation.
- Who
- Maharashtra transport department.
- What
- Restriction on heavy vehicles on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway.
- When
- From August 23 to August 28; August 31; September 2; September 6-7.
- Where
- Mumbai-Goa National Highway (NH-66).
- Why
- To facilitate the movement of devotees during the Ganesh festival.
- Affected Highway
- Mumbai-Goa National Highway (NH-66)
- Ban Dates
- August 23 - August 28; August 31, September 2, September 6-7
- Reason for Ban
- Facilitate devotees during Ganesh festival
- Exempted Vehicles
- Essential commodities and road work vehicles
- Legal Basis
- Section 155 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
