Mumbai Bans Heavy Vehicles During peak Hours

In a bid to control the increasing traffic in Mumbai, the city police recently banned the entry of heavy vehicles on the roads during peak hours from 7 am to 11 am and from 5 pm to 10 pm. Certain vehicles have, however, been exempted from these restrictions.

“All heavy vehicles, except heavy vehicles providing essential service like vegetables, milk, ambulance, police department, fire department, government semi-government vehicles and all buses transporting passengers, will have restrictions for running on the roads,” said additional commissioner of police (Traffic), Brihan Mumbai, Sanjay Mohite in an official statement.

“Increase in the number of vehicles plying on the road, ongoing repairs/other works on road, ongoing metro/monorail projects and electricity/ telephone line works in Brihan Mumbai and plying of heavy vehicles transporting goods which occupy large amount of space cause obstruction to traffic and inconvenience to the public during peak hours,” said Mumbai Traffic Police’s official statement. 

The traffic situation has gone from bad to worse in Mumbai with the construction work for various government projects, including metro rails, turning half of the roads into parking lots. Heavy vehicles plying on arterial roads lead to further deterioration of the traffic situation. If implemented efficiently, the ban could save the misery of thousands of people driving almost every day in the city’s torturous traffic.