Pune-Bengaluru Highway Traffic Update: Sugarcane Farmers’ Protest Over Rs 4,500 Price Demand, Diwali Travellers Face Hours Of Chaos - The timing of the agitation, just ahead of Diwali, added to the difficulties faced by thousands of commuters travelling between Maharashtra and Karnataka. Passengers heading towards Kolhapur from Pune and Mumbai, as well as those travelling towards Pune and Mumbai from Bengaluru, Belagavi, Kolhapur, Sangli and Ichalkaranji, were stranded for hours.