PUNE, Feb. 23 -- Traffic movement on the Pune-Mumbai highway faced fresh disruptions on Monday morning after a propylene gas tanker rammed into a crash barrier near the Amrutanjan Bridge. The incident comes a few weeks after a 32-hour-long traffic gridlock on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, which was also triggered by an accident involving a propylene tanker and left commuters stranded without access to food, drinking water, or restrooms.

In the latest incident, the tanker lost control and hit the roadside barrier before coming to a halt, according to the Highway Police. No injuries or gas leakage were reported. Police and traffic personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the tanker to another location to clear the carriageway, and are invest...