Samruddhi Expressway: Stones Thrown At Vehicles, Cops To Boost Surveillance As Video Goes Viral

Last Updated:June 18, 2025, 20:00 IST

A motorist uploaded a video of a stone being thrown at his vehicle on June 15. The footage also shows a similar attack on two other heavy vehicles and the windshield being damaged

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Even as the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway has offered respite to motorists, three incidents of stones being hurled at vehicles along the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar stretch have raised security concerns.

A motorist uploaded a video of a stone being thrown at his vehicle on June 15. The footage also shows a similar attack on two other heavy vehicles and the windshield being damaged. The video went viral on Monday.

Rupali Darekar, superintendent of police (highway traffic), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, told TOI the incidents were not related to robbery or theft. “They are local youths. We are intensifying the search for them. It takes around half-an-hour to reach the site after taking a U turn. By then, the youths flee. Those found indulging in such acts will face severe action."

Meanwhile, police have announced increased surveillance amid commuters’ concern, the TOI report said. Currently, four highway traffic police vehicles patrol the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar section — one police inspector, two sub-inspectors and 10 constables.

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The final stretch of the 701-km Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg between Igatpuri in Nashik district and Amane in Thane district was inaugurated earlier this month, making the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway fully operational.

The high-speed corridor cuts the travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur to seven hours.

The travel time between Amane and Igatpuri has been halved to just 40 minutes.

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It also includes India’s largest highway tunnel system equipped with automatic cooling mechanisms and provisions for 200 MW of solar power generation.

The expressway, positioned as Maharashtra’s economic corridor, now connects 24 districts directly to JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust), enhancing logistics, industrial connectivity, and interstate trade.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also revealed plans to extend the expressway’s connectivity to the upcoming Vadhavan Port in Palghar district, aiming to boost the route’s economic impact.

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