Special sensors to identify, challan overloaded vehicles
Gurugram, February 4
In order to curtail the menace of overloaded vehicles, primarily mining dumpers, the NHAI will install special Weight in Motion Sensors (VIMS) at the Kherki Daula toll plaza here. The sensors will allow the authorities to identify and challan overweight vehicles as they try to enter and leave the city.
The decision was made at a road safety committee meeting in Gurugram chaired by Deputy Commissioner Nishant Yadav. It was decided that while those found indulging in ferrying of illegally mined sand or stone or other material to and from crushers will be penalised, the overloaded vehicles will have to pay ten times the prescribed toll amount.
DC Yadav directed NHAI officials to install this system on the Gurugram-Sohna expressway and the Faridabad Road as well.
“Overloaded vehicles are a menace not just in case of the vehicles involved in mining but also those that are used for commercial ferrying or public transport. It is one of the biggest causes of road accidents in the city. We have asked the NHAI to take measures not just on NH-48 but also on the Faridabad and Sohna expressway,” Nishant Yadav told The Tribune.
Emphasis was also laid on identifying black spots where accidents are likely to occur and taking preventive measures at those locations.
These include Rao Gajraj Singh Marg, Vikas Marg, area from Kadipur Chowk to Pataudi Chowk, Hero Honda Chowk to Himgiri Chowk, Sector 22A Road, Rajiv Chowk, Shankar Chowk, Narsinghpur, etc.
The road agencies have been asked to ensure maintenance of roads. The DC asked the police to identify and challan white coloured buses that are being used in various schools of the district in the violation of traffic rules.
Black spots to be identified
- During a meeting chaired by the DC, emphasis was also laid on identifying black spots where accidents are likely to occur and taking preventive measures at those locations.
- The road agencies have also been asked to ensure maintenance of roads wherever it is required, including filling of potholes and pruning of roadside trees.
