New Delhi: In a bid to ensure road safety, the Delhi Government will enforce strict lane discipline from April 1 for heavy vehicles.
The Delhi government has identified 15 roads in the national capital where it will strictly enforce lane discipline for buses and goods carriers with fines upto ₹ 10,000 and six months of imprisonment for errant drivers.
Vehicles found running on other lanes will be liable for prosecution under Section 192-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which prescribes a fine of ₹ 10,000, and imprisonment upto to six months.
Along with the traffic police, the transport department will earmark dedicated lanes to be used only by buses and goods carriers from 8 AM to 10 PM.
Other vehicles may be allowed to run on these dedicated lanes during the remainder of the time. Buses and goods carriage vehicles, will, however, stick to their dedicated marked lanes round the clock, it said.
In the first phase, the enforcement drive will be conducted on 15 of the total 46 corridors selected under the initiative, it said.
These corridors include the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road stretch from Anuvrat Marg T-point to Pul Prahladpur T-point, Ashram Chowk to Badarpur Border, Janakpuri to Madhuban Chowk, Moti Nagar to Dwarka Mor, Britannia Chowk to Dhaula Quan, Kashmere Gate ISBT to Apsra Border, Signature Bridge-Bhopura Border, Jahangirpuri Metro Station-Kashmere Gate ISBT and ITO-Ambedkar Nagar among others.
To make Delhi roads safer, the @ArvindKejriwal govt is starting Bus Lane Enforcement drives to increase Commuter Safety & tackle congestion. Directions have been issued to DTC & Cluster for driver sensitization, PWD for earmarking bus lanes & Transport, Police enforcement teams. pic.twitter.com/FttRKRy6G7
— Kailash Gahlot (@kgahlot) March 23, 2022
Violators will be penalised and prosecuted under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and Delhi Maintenance and Management of Parking Places Rules, 2019, the statement mentioned.