India, July 27 -- Following severe traffic congestion triggered by heavy rainfall, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Pune, has identified eight critical bottlenecks on national highways in and around the city and is preparing a coordinated action plan with the traffic police and local civic bodies to provide relief to commuters.

The major congestion hotspots are identified at Navale Bridge Chowk, Wakad Chowk, Ahmednagar Road Highway, Satara Road Highway, Solapur Road Highway after Hadapsar, along with two other key junctions on the highway network where traffic movement regularly slows down during peak hours and rainfall.

According to officials, detailed traffic studies are being carried out at each location to determine ...