Pier cap and I-girder construction works are progressing at a rapid pace on the 13.45-km, six-lane, access-controlled greenfield corridor. The project is being constructed using advanced engineering techniques. For the first time in India, a greenfield road project is deploying a single-pier system

In Thane, the crime branch arrested an autorickshaw driver allegedly in possession of heroin worth Rs 6.68 crore. In Palghar’s Talasari area, police intercepted a tempo on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Highway and found a large quantity of liquor concealed among medicines