India, April 3 -- In a targeted intervention to ease one of Navi Mumbai's most persistent choke points, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) on Thursday opened a dedicated flyover arm connecting Palm Beach Road at Vashi (Sector 17) directly to the Sion-Panvel Highway, enabling a seamless exit for traffic headed towards Panvel and Pune.

The 290-metre-long, 6.5-metre-wide connector, built at a cost of Rs.18.32 crore over an existing storm-water drain, was inaugurated by Maharashtra forest minister Ganesh Naik in the presence of mayor Sujata Patil and deputy mayor Dashrath Bhagat, along with senior civic officials.

Calling the project both corrective and strategic, Naik said the connector addresses a structural gap in Navi Mumbai's...