Highway Guide

Save these before your next trip, not during an emergency. All of these are genuine, currently active numbers — nothing here is a guess. The two numbers that matter most 112 — India's unified emergency number, connecting you to police, fire, and ambulance from a single call. It works even without a SIM card or active network, and on most smartphones, pressing the power button three times quickly triggers it automatically. 1033 — the National Highway Authority of India's dedic

Kashedi Ghat, on the Mumbai-Goa highway near Mahad, is a stretch of sharp curves and steep gradient that carries heavy truck traffic — driving it safely mostly comes down to using lower gears instead of your brakes, keeping a longer following distance, and avoiding the stretch after dark if your journey allows it. Use engine braking, not just your brake pedal On a long descent, shift to a lower gear and let the engine slow the vehicle rather than riding the brakes continuousl

If your car breaks down on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the priority is getting off the live carriageway safely, making your vehicle visible to oncoming traffic, and calling for help rather than attempting repairs yourself on a high-speed road. Get off the carriageway first Use whatever momentum you have left to steer onto the paved shoulder, not the grass verge if you can help it — a soft shoulder can trap a vehicle further. If you can't reach the shoulder, keep everyone insi