Noida: Dense fog leads to low visibility at Yamuna E-way; commuters advised to drive slow
India Today
On Wednesday, the visibility reduced to about 20 metres on the Yamuna Expressway due to early morning fog, causing inconvenience for commuters. Therefore, to ensure people’s safety, the Noida Traffic Police has advised commuters to drive slowly on the busy Expressway, preventing any weather-related road accidents.
Noida is under the grip of dense fog due to a drop in temperature, further resulting in low visibility in parts of the city including the Yamuna Expressway.
The visibility on the expressway currently ranges up to 25 metres, but the fog intensifies as the day progresses.
On Wednesday, the visibility reduced to about 20 metres on the Yamuna Expressway due to early morning fog, causing inconvenience for commuters. Therefore, to ensure people’s safety, the Noida Traffic Police has advised commuters to drive slowly on the busy Expressway, preventing any weather-related road accidents.
Several traffic police personnel have also been deployed at different spots on the expressway to monitor the vehicular movement.
According to a report published in the Times of India (TOI), Ganesh Prasad Saha, the deputy commissioner of police (traffic) said, “We have deployed our traffic police personnel at the toll plazas to make announcements urging people to drive slowly and also use low beam lights to make themselves visible to others, adding that the reflective tapes on the vehicles also play an important role in safety.”
Meanwhile, the Yamuna Expressway authority has already reduced the speed limit for heavy vehicles from 80 to 60 km/hr and for light vehicles 100 to 75 km/hr from December 15 to February 15, Hindustan Times (HT) revealed in its report.
Earlier, the Noida Traffic Police rolled out a drive for pasting reflective tape on the vehicles as well as on the roads, pillars to avoid road accidents.
