India, July 6 -- As rain continues to batter Maharashtra, a big impact was suffered by the 'Missing Link', a recently-launched stretch connecting Pune and Mumbai. A landslide occurred near it during the early hours of Monday, forcing authorities to partly shut it down for passage for some hours.

The landslide took place near the exit of a large tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune lane.

Videos of rainwater heavily pouring down and silt and mud covering a part of the stretch went viral on social media this morning. Visuals also showed bulldozers deployed on site, trying to clean the mud off the stretch. Follow live updates on Mumbai rains here.

"While the rest of the connecting link remains intact, traffic has been halted only at the tunnel exit d...