LANE DRIVING, SANE DRIVING
India Legal|April 11, 2022
In order to regulate the Capital's chaotic traffic, AAP will launch a strict bus lane enforcement drive from April 1. Violators will be prosecuted under the MV Act and fined heavily along with a prison term
Abhilash Kumar Singh
LANE DRIVING, SANE DRIVING

IN an initiative to curb road accidents and ease traffic congestion in the national capital, the Delhi government on March 23 announced the launch of an intensive "bus lane enforcement drive” for buses and heavy vehicles on 15 selected roads. 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. Vehicles found driving in other lanes would be prosecuted under Section 192-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which prescribes a fine of Rs 10,000, and jail up to six months.

Last year, the Public Works Depart, ment created dedicated bus lanes and sensitised bus drivers to drive in those lanes only. The PWD has been directed to mark and adequately identify the corridors with long-lasting thermoplastic paints and warning signage and boards at suitable places.

The drive will be executed in Delhi in different phases. In the first phase, the transport department and traffic police will begin the drive from April 1 from 8 am to 10 pm in 15 corridors. There are a total of 46 such corridors where the move will be implemented in a phased manner.

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