India, Oct. 13 -- Many areas along Ghodbunder Road, including Thane and Bhiwandi, witnessed heavy traffic jams on Sunday morning after two trucks broke down on Ghodbunder Road and the Nashik-Mumbai Highway. Severe traffic congestion persisted for several hours on routes from Thane towards Gujarat and from Kalyan towards Mumbai.

The first truck, which weighed approximately 17 tonnes, overturned at around 5.30 am near the Hanuman Mandir on GB Road. The Tata truck was carrying heavy machinery from Mumbai to Gujarat. Its breakdown caused a complete traffic block on the route to Gujarat. The police initially waited for the concerned transport company to remove the vehicle, but when that did not happen, Thane traffic police used a crane to cle...