India, Feb. 9 -- The exit towards Mumbai city in Panvel on the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be shut for six months starting February 11, reported the Free Press Journal on Sunday.

The closure is due to the construction of a new flyover and an underpass at Kalamboli Circle as part of the Kalamboli Junction improvement project, which is being executed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).

The order was issued by Tirupati Kakade, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Navi Mumbai, under the Motor Vehicles Act. The closure will be enforced until the construction work is completed, the report said.

"Once the project is completed, the issue of traffic congestion at Kalamboli Circle will be solved,...