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Pune Rural police launch laser speed camera pilot; TruCam II to track speeding up to 320 kmph on Pune-Mumbai highway

March 09, 2026 5:42 pm

The Pune rural police said the laser speed cameras can accurately measure vehicle speeds up to 320 km per hour, both during the day and at night.

A traffic cop manning the traffic at Jyothi restaurant chowk in Kondhwa where traffic police have made special arrangements during the moth of holy Ramzan.

Heavy vehicles barred from key Kondhwa routes during Ramzan evening hours

February 23, 2026 10:12 pm

The order applies to all heavy vehicles and water tankers operating through specific stretches under the Kondhwa Traffic Division.

Most Congested Cities with the Worst Traffic in India: New Delhi, the capital city, ranks fourth in India, with an average congestion level of 60.2 per cent.

Top 10 most traffic-congested Indian cities in 2025: Bengaluru tops the chart; Pune moves ahead of Mumbai at No. 2

February 03, 2026 5:58 am

Top 10 Most Congested Cities with the Worst Traffic in India: India was ranked the fifth most traffic-congested country globally and second in Asia, with commuters experiencing an average congestion level of 37.4%.

Traffic snarls on diverted routes as Fergusson College Road and JM Road close for Pune Grand Tour prologue.

Mixed reactions as FC road blocked for 6 hours for cycle race

January 20, 2026 11:07 am

Officials, however, said that the lower-than-usual vehicular movement helped avert major traffic jams.

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Traffic changes in places for Pune as civic polls near finish line

January 14, 2026 12:03 am

For the Vimantal Division, the road behind Phoenix Mall and the road connecting the Maruti Showroom to Solitaire building will be closed. The traffic will be diverted via Shrikrushna Hotel Chowk and Datta Mandir Chowk.

Stuck in Pune traffic, man compares Indian and German drivers, sparks civic sense debate: ‘We are 200 years behind foreign countries’

September 23, 2025 6:40 pm

In the video on Instagram, the man says the big difference in Germany during traffic jams is that even on a two-lane highway, the people on the left lane will stick to the extreme left in case of a jam, and the people on the extreme right will stick to the extreme rightm leaving the centre lane open for emergency vehicles to pass through.

Traffic changes: Heaving vehicles banned in mid-city roads during Ganesh Festival

August 25, 2025 7:34 pm

Considering the huge crowd in the mid-city areas for buying Ganesh Idols, temporary traffic changes have been made on Shivaji Road from August 25 to August 27.

Widen 3 national highways to ease Pune’s traffic woes, Ajit Pawar urges Nitin Gadkari

July 29, 2025 2:02 pm

Ajit Pawar has urged the Centre to increase the number of lanes on three national highways connected to Pune, citing ‘immense traffic pressure’ on the routes.

A local resident of Pune was stuck in traffic for more than 3 hours. (Image source: @beingpunekar1/X)

‘She landed in Dubai, I’m still in traffic’: Pune resident's X post on traffic goes viral

June 19, 2025 1:54 pm

The post, shared by @beingpunekar1, quickly went viral with over 203K views and 9,300 likes.

Not for public transport series - Part 3: Why has the Pune Metro not been able to reduce private vehicles?

June 10, 2025 3:54 pm

The Metro, which everyone thought would be the panacea to Pune's traffic woes, is still far from that destination. With ridership not quite on track, The Indian Express looks at what exactly is stopping this form of public transport from making that vital difference