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NEWS
More traffic UP to have colour-coded taxis soon
signals in ontract vehicles in UP
Ahmedabad Cmaroon or black. The
can no longer be red,
T o make traffic movement state government recently
smooth,
Ahmadabad
passed an amendment
traffic police is going to
put up traffic signals at 50 more to the motor vehicle
places across the city. regulations, determining the
colour of various contract
The high court had ordered
the Municipal Corporation and vehicles and also making it
the Gujarat state government to compulsory for bike taxis to
carry out in-depth study of traffic function on permits.
movement in the city and come Under the amendment,
up with solution. Installing more while a bike can be of any
traffic signals, clearing roads colour other than the three
of encroachments, creating prohibited colours, its fuel running across which says run on CNG will be green.
parking facilities, removing tank will have to say ‘Bike ‘Taxi’. Three wheelers, or Electric vehicles will be
bumps, deployment of trained Taxi’. A four-wheeler will autos, will have to be black white.
traffic personnel, removal of also have to have a blue line and yellow while those that
stray cattle from roads were
some of the measures that the
court had suggested. Vehicle Tracking devices mandatory for Public
Transport Vehicles
he Ministry of Road This regulation is being or any other agency
Transport & Highways brought in to ensure safety authorised by the State
Thas mandated that all of passengers especially Government, and these
new public service vehicles women. centres will provide interface
except auto rickshaws and In case of older public to various stakeholders
eRickshaws, registered service vehicles –those such as state emergency
on and after 1st January registered upto December response centre, the
2019, will have to be 31, 2018, the respective transport department or
equipped with Vehicle State/ UT Governments will Regional Transport Offices,
Location Tracking (VLT) with notify the date by which Ministry of Road Transport
emergency buttons. The VLT these vehicles have to install and Highways and its
device manufacturers would Vehicle Location Tracking designated agencies, device
assist in providing the back- Device and Panic Buttons. manufacturers and their
end services for monitoring. authorised dealers, testing
The Ministry has agencies, permit holders,
also notified the etc. These centres will also
operational procedure for provide feed to the Vahan
implementation of VLT cum data base or the relevant
Emergency buttons. The data base of the State.
State or Union Territories
are required to ensure The State or Union
execution of this order and Territories will publish
check fitment and functional Internet Protocol address
status of the VLT device in (IP address) and Short
the public service vehicles Message Service Gateway
at the time of checking (SMS gateway) details of
of the vehicles for fitness their respective emergency
certification. response system where
VLT devices will send the
Command and Control
Centres will be setup by the emergency alerts on press
of emergency button.
State or VLT manufacturers
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