Live Updates: Traffic Diversions on Solapur-Pune Highway

Local police just rolled out strict traffic diversions on the Solapur-Pune Highway. This ensures safe passage for the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj and Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi processions. The whole area is filled with विठ्ठलनामाचा गजर. Both light and heavy vehicles travelling between Pune, Hadapsar, and Solapur face immediate changes.

Current Highway Diversions

Driving a heavy vehicle from Solapur to Pune? You cannot enter the main highway stretch between Indapur, Baramati, and Hadapsar. Officials expect major crowds. Trucks are rerouted via the Daund-Kurkumbh and Shirur roads.

Dive Ghat remains completely closed for local traffic moving from Pune towards Saswad and Jejuri. Take the alternate Bopdev Ghat route. It is the best way to reach Saswad safely today.

Palkhi Route Updates

Traffic curbs will shift sequentially. This happens as the वारकरी and Dindis walk to Pandharpur. Solapur-Pune highway diversions stay active. They lift only after the Mauli clears the Indapur and Akluj jurisdictions.

• Heavy Vehicles: Diverted via Kurkumbh and Daund.
• Light Vehicles (Cars/Two-wheelers): Allowed up to Loni Kalbhor, after which local diversions apply.
• Buses: ST Mahamandal buses are operating via designated alternate routes from Swargate to Pandharpur.

Please cooperate with the traffic police. Plan your travel early. This prevents long delays. It also honors the sacred journey of the Varkaris.