Mumbai:Important trains connecting Mumbai and Pune, including the Deccan Express and Pragati Express, will be cancelled for a fortnight from 26 July to 9 August to allow Central Railway to solve the issue of dropping rocks in the treacherous Lonavala-Khandala ghats, an official said here on Wednesday.

The Deccan Express, Pragati Express, CSMT Mumbai-Gadag Express, Pune-Panvel passenger train are some of the main trains to be cancelled.

As many as 10 trains including the Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express, Mumbai-Kolhapur Sahyadri Express will be operated only upto Pune, and will be cancelled between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharashtra Terminus-Pune sector.

The Hubbali-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (Mumbai) will be run only upto Pune and return journey will commence from Pune to Hubbali.

The Hazur Sahib Nanded-Panvel Express shall be run till Pune and remain cancelled between Pune-Panvel and the return journey will commence from Pune.

In perspective of this, it is anticipated that the passenger load will move to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the Mumbai-Pune Highway, which will also witness traffic snarls, landslides, rolling rocks and occasional floods in some areas.