Yamuna Authority ‘determined’ to curtail fatalities on E-way
20 Nov 2013 11:45 PM GMT
The Yamuna Expressway which connects Noida and Delhi to Agra has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in the last few months. Inaugurated formally by the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in August last year, the six-lane expressway was built at a cost of Rs 1,280 crore.
The expressway grabbed the eyeballs of thousands across the state as well as nearby cities such as Delhi and Gurgaon, who thronged to the expressway to enjoy a smooth journey to see the Taj Mahal in just three hours.
However, despite mobile radars to monitor compliance with minimum and maximum speed limits and CCTV cameras installed at every 5 km, the expressway has witnessed more than 50 accidents in its one year of existence. These rampant accidents on the expressway have become a matter of concern for the Yamuna Authority.
Authority CEO PC Gupta said that the main reasons for the accidents are overspeeding. ‘The maximum speed limit on the expressway is 100 km/h for cars and 60 km/h for heavy vehicles. But the drivers do not comply with the speed limit and meet with the fatal accidents, Gupta said.
He said that there is a chalan system of fining the drivers and riders who violate traffic rules. But despite these strict measures, the drivers do not come down to the prescribed speed limits.
One of the reasons for the accidents is the interchanges. There are as many as seven interchanges on the 165 km expressway. Gupta said that the Yamuna Expressway is a signal-free run, which means there are no signals on the e-way. However, the authority is planning to construct roundabouts at the intersections and T-points to avoid accidents and slow down the speed limit of vehicles.
The expressway grabbed the eyeballs of thousands across the state as well as nearby cities such as Delhi and Gurgaon, who thronged to the expressway to enjoy a smooth journey to see the Taj Mahal in just three hours.
However, despite mobile radars to monitor compliance with minimum and maximum speed limits and CCTV cameras installed at every 5 km, the expressway has witnessed more than 50 accidents in its one year of existence. These rampant accidents on the expressway have become a matter of concern for the Yamuna Authority.
Authority CEO PC Gupta said that the main reasons for the accidents are overspeeding. ‘The maximum speed limit on the expressway is 100 km/h for cars and 60 km/h for heavy vehicles. But the drivers do not comply with the speed limit and meet with the fatal accidents, Gupta said.
He said that there is a chalan system of fining the drivers and riders who violate traffic rules. But despite these strict measures, the drivers do not come down to the prescribed speed limits.
One of the reasons for the accidents is the interchanges. There are as many as seven interchanges on the 165 km expressway. Gupta said that the Yamuna Expressway is a signal-free run, which means there are no signals on the e-way. However, the authority is planning to construct roundabouts at the intersections and T-points to avoid accidents and slow down the speed limit of vehicles.
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