The BMC has finally taken the first step to rein in its waste-dumpers, which have been involved in almost 200 fatal road accidents since 2004.
The civic body, bombarded with complaints from citizens as well as the traffic police, has now decided to put a brake on the speed at which these dumpers can travel. The speed of the vehicles will now be restricted to 40 kmph. "The speed limit for heavy vehicles currently varies between 50-60 kmph in the city,'' deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Harish Baijal said. The new BMC limit, therefore, reduces the maximum speed at which a dumper can travel.
The civic agency owns and runs on contract basis about 190 dumpers to lift debris and waste from the city's roads. The traffic wing, between March 3 and March 6, carried out a special drive and booked as many as 2,136 dumpers for various violations like overspeeding, drunk driving, driving without the mandatory cleaner and driving without treads on wheels (which help vehicles have a better grip on the road).
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The civic body, bombarded with complaints from citizens as well as the traffic police, has now decided to put a brake on the speed at which these dumpers can travel. The speed of the vehicles will now be restricted to 40 kmph. "The speed limit for heavy vehicles currently varies between 50-60 kmph in the city,'' deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Harish Baijal said. The new BMC limit, therefore, reduces the maximum speed at which a dumper can travel.
The civic agency owns and runs on contract basis about 190 dumpers to lift debris and waste from the city's roads. The traffic wing, between March 3 and March 6, carried out a special drive and booked as many as 2,136 dumpers for various violations like overspeeding, drunk driving, driving without the mandatory cleaner and driving without treads on wheels (which help vehicles have a better grip on the road).
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