Now 30 KMPH speed limit of vehicles on By-pass

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Aurangabad, Feb

13:

Due to the Beed

By-pass road's increasing accidents, the vehicles' speed limit has been fixed

at 30 kilometers per hour (KMPH). The traffic police have highlighted boards

indicating this speed limit at various places on the Beed By-pass road. If

anyone breaches the speed limit norms, he will have to face stringent police

action. Several accidents have occurred on the By-pass in the past two months.

Commissioner of police Dr Nikhil Gupta visited and inspected the Beed By-pass.

He informed that discussions with the PWD, Maharashtra State Electricity

Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) and Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)

officers will be held to find the measures to avert accidents. He also

indicated to fix the speed limit of the vehicles. A notification about it has

been released now, and the speed limit has been fixed to 30 KMPH, informed ACP

Suresh Wankhede.

He said,

initially boards indicating speed limit have been erected at various places on

Beed By-pass road. Strict action will be taken against those breaching the

speed limit. A meeting of the traffic police officers and PWD officers was held

on Friday. In this meeting, ACP Suresh Wankhede, PI Mukund Deshmukh and

officers of the PWD were present and a decision was taken to complete the work

of the service road at Beed By-pass road and joining the broken dividers.

Similarly, a letter has been written to MSEDCL to remove the electricity polls

obstructing the traffic, at the earliest, Wankhede said.