If you are a regular on the Noida Expressway or even planning to take the route to Delhi, you may want to make sure that the vehicle is in a top function and is well fuel. If your car breaks down on the Noida Expressway, the repair will not be the only thing on which you will spend heavily. You may also be fined a heavy amount for “traffic hindering”.
Noida Traffic Police has nominated Noida Expressway as a ‘Breakdown Challan’ area, which continuously addresses the crowd due to stald vehicles. Under this rule, commercial vehicles that break and disrupt traffic can be fined or even imposed. Using the expressway Daily, with about five lakh passengers – Noida, Greater Noida, Delhi, and Yamuna Expressway – traffic bottlenecks have become a major issue. The penalty under Section 201 of the Motor Vehicles Act ranges from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000.
DCP (Traffic) Lakhan Singh Yadav was quoted by the Times of India, saying that heavy traffic flows, especially during peak hours, deteriorates due to the breakdown of the vehicle. “If a vehicle stalls on the expressway, the traffic police will make it and impose fine. Commercial vehicles lack a valid fitness certificate or also required permits,” he said.
Yadav told the news website India Today that the fine will be imposed only in cases in which an accident is caused by negligence of a driver or poor maintenance of the vehicle. The vehicle will also be seized. But if the driver breaks for real reasons for any mistake, no fine will be imposed.
No fine for private cars
For now, only commercial vehicles will be fined. Private car owners are exempted from these punishments. According to the TOI report, about 50 vehicles were fined or confiscated within the first 10 days of February.
While a breakdown is not a crime in itself, interrupting traffic is under the Motor Vehicles Act. Vehicles, control under control (PUC) certificate without valid registration, or which are higher than the load limit, are subject to fines.
Additionally, vehicles should follow the emission norms set by the National Green Tribunal, which limits petrol vehicles to 15 years lifetime and diesel vehicles to 10 years. The traffic police now issues on-the-spot fine if the necessary documents disappear when disappeared.
To facilitate the rope operation, the traffic department has deployed a hydraulic crane and two small cranes. The expressway is monitored by round-the-clock through ITMS cameras and manual patrols, with officers posted at 30 km at a distance of 30 km at 30 traffic points.
Officers aim to respond to breaking within a few minutes, the crane reached the scene in about 10 minutes. According to the MV Act, the cost of the crane will be borne by the owner of the vehicle. For cars and SUVs, officials can manually push the vehicle on the roadside, if possible.
Despite the existing measures – such as the UDOG route and variety during peak hours through Sector 15 and 18 – traffic congestion remains a challenge. To further reduce the movement near the DND flyway loop, the police is widening 250 meters between Chila Seema and Mahamaya flyover.
