Driving Lucknow to Agra in less than 3 hrs will lead to stiff fines wef July 2019

Covering Lucknow-Agra Expressway (302 kms) in less than 3 hours will now lead to fine for over-speeding.

The decision comes at a time when accidents on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway are on a rise and claimed scores of lives.
A total of 25 e-challlans have already been issued to vehicles that were found to be over speeding on the expressway, said Avnish Kumar Awasthi, chief executive officer, Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA).
The decision comes at a time when accidents on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway are on a rise and claimed scores of lives. High-tech equipment have been installed at toll plazas in order to capture images of vehicles for data analysis reports. The details are then sent to SP, traffic of Agra and Lucknow districts for issuance of e-challans.
A similar time-bound traffic management system is already in place on the Tirumala Ghat roads where drivers are expected to travel from Alpiri to Tirumala in a minimum time span of 40 minutes. If the vehicle reaches before the stipulated time they are fined for over speeding.

Source: News18 dated 2019-07-01.
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