India, Feb. 4 -- An industrialist took a helicopter to reach Pune after being stuck for hours in a massive traffic jam on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, where hundreds of commuters were stranded following a gas tanker accident.

Taking to X, Dr Sudhir Mehta, chairman of EKA Mobility and Pinnacle Industries, shared aerial visuals of the long queue of vehicles and said that lakhs of people were stuck for hours following the incident. He also called for better emergency planning on the high-speed corridor.

"Lacs of people are stuck on the #Mumbai #Pune expressway for the last 18 hours for 'one gas tanker'. For such emergencies we need to plan exits at different points on expressway which can be opened to allow vehicles to return," he wrote on ...