Experts, motorists welcome decision to ban two-wheelers and autos on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
The Hindu
NHAI bans two-wheelers, autos, tractors from Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to ensure safety
Bengaluru:
As the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) banned two-wheelers, autos, tractors, non-motorised vehicles, multi-axle hydraulic trailer vehicles, and quadricycles from the main carriageways of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway from August 1, experts and motorists welcomed the decision.
Official sources from NHAI said: “The decision was taken to make the stretch safe for motorists. Slow moving vehicles may get involved in accidents as other vehicles will be at high speeds. For the safety of slow moving vehicles, they should use the service roads.”
The Karnataka government had informed the Legislative Assembly in the recent Budget session that the absence of signage boards, poor patrolling, high-speed and reckless driving, and flooding are some the major factors causing fatal accidents on the expressway,.
Prathik Krishna, a frequent commuter on the expressway, welcomed the decision of the NHAI and said: “The decision is good as slow moving vehicles, especially autos and two-wheelers, are dangerous for the other faster vehicles as well as themselves. Most two-wheelers take the middle lane, which is very dangerous.”
Aiyappa, who travels frequently between Bengaluru and Madikeri, welcomed the decision, but he said it is not enough.
“There needs to be a lot more enforcement of rules as well as patrolling as I have witnessed a household plastic goods vendor on an overloaded two-wheeler driving on the wrong side of the fast lane trying to cross to the other side of the expressway. I have also noticed an accident when a farmer was trying to cross his ducks on the expressway. I have even seen people climbing over the fences to cross the expressway,” he said.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.