India, June 27 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has intensified action against unauthorised parking and encroachments along national highways, with several stretches in Pune district emerging as major trouble spots due to persistent illegal parking of heavy vehicles.

The nationwide initiative, aimed at improving road safety and ensuring smooth, obstruction-free traffic movement, is being undertaken in compliance with the Supreme Court directions and forms part of the NHAI's larger effort to create safer and more efficient highway infrastructure.

Senior NHAI officials from the Pune region said that illegal parking has become a recurring problem along key stretches such as Kadgaon on the Pune-Ahilyanagar (Nagar) highway,...