Two-wheelers such as motorcycles and scooters, three-wheelers, non-motorized vehicles and tractors have been barred from entering Phase-1 of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has given this information by issuing a gadget notification. In this notification, giving the reason for this decision, it has been said that the movement of high speed vehicles may pose a risk to the safety of some slow moving vehicles.
Speed limit will be this much
The notification has been signed by NHAI chief Santosh Kumar Yadav. Yadav has also said that this expressway was developed as a high-speed corridor. And for expressways, the maximum speed limit for motor vehicles of different description has been kept between 80 kmph to 120 kmph.
In the notification dated February 16, it has also been said that alternative routes and roads have been made available for the people. These have been made available to connect different destinations before the development of this expressway.
Under section 35 of the Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002, the notification mandates that motorcycles (including scooters and other-wheeled vehicles), three wheelers (including e-karts and e-rickshaws) Non-motorized vehicles, tractors are prohibited from using the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
Expressway will pass through these places
On 12 February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to the nation. The eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is a fully access-controlled expressway, starting from its junction with the new NH-248A near Sohna.
Once completed, it will be extended to Dausa, Lalsot, Sawai Madhopur in Haryana, Rajasthan, Kota, Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, Godhka, Bharuch, Surat, Valsad, Vapi in Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Virar, It will terminate at NH-348 at Kalyan, Badlapur and Panvel.
