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MoRTH fixes speed limit for vehicles on
expressway

inistry of Road highways has been fixed and other roads has been
Transport & at 80 km per hour. In case fixed at 100 km per hour,
MHighways of four-lane and above 90 km per hour and 60
has set a maximum divided carriageway, the km per hour, respectively.
speed limit of 120km maximum speed limit For goods vehicles (all N
per hour on access- for such vehicles (M1 category vehicles), the
controlled expressways Category) has been fixed maximum speed limit
for passenger vehicles at 100 km per hour, on expressways and
with not more than eight Motor vehicles used for highways has been fixed
seats in addition to the carriage of passengers at 80 km per hour.
driver’s seat. comprising nine or more If motorcycles are
seats in addition to the
For goods vehicles (all driver’s seat (M2 and M3 permitted on expressways,
N category vehicles), the category vehicles), the its maximum speed limit
maximum speed limit maximum speed limit on has been kept at 80 km
on expressways and expressways, highways per hour.

Ambulance Taxi Service
I ndia’s first emergency throughout the country, can be booked in Delhi-
soon. The drivers will be
ambulance
taxi
NCR via Wagon Cab’s
service was flagged-
available for download
aid and handle difficult
off in New Delhi by trained to provide first mobile app, which is
the Union Minister of situations but will have on the Google Play Store
Road Transport and to be paid `500 extra. for Android and on the
Highways. Wagon Cab, a These ambulance-taxis App Store for iOS.
Gurugram-based start-up
has initiated the service
owing to the increase
in the number of road
accidents in India.
The initial phase will
see 200 functional
ambulance-taxis. These
will initially only start
servicing the Delhi-
NCR region; but the
company also has plans
to offer these vehicles

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