Cover expressway to Agra in less than 3 hours, get challaned

LUCKNOW: To curb speeding that has turned Lucknow-Agra expressway into a death trap, commuters would be slapped with a challan if they cover the 302km distance in less than three hours. This was announced on Sunday by officials of UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), who set a speed limit of 100km/hour on the e-way.
Chief executive officer, UPEIDA, Avanish Awasthi, said data collected at two toll plazas — one near Lucknow and another at Agra — will be collated to assess time taken by commuters to cover the distance between the twin toll plazas.
“Errant vehicles will be photographed and an echallan sent to the police in Agra and Lucknow. The process has begun and 25 commuters have been fined, he said. Spiralling cases of accidents on the expressway have been attributed to speeding.
Agra e-way prone to accidents
Two days ago, seven people died when a double-decker private sleeper bus rammed a sand laden truck near Fatehabad on Agra-Lucknow expressway.
On June 21, three persons, including a techie employed with a Noidabased firm were killled when their car rammed a cargo container parked on the side lane of the expressway. In May, another five people died and at least 30 injured near Devkhari village near Bangarmau police station.
A bus carrying passengers from Delhi to Bihar overturned after hitting a tractor trolley.