By IANS,
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has directed its road transport corporation (UPSRTC) to install speed-control devices in all its buses, an official said here Wednesday.
“The move intends to check overspeeding of buses that tend to cause road mishaps. Following the government directive, we will ensure fitting of speed-control devices in about 7,000 buses owned by the UPSRTC,” Chief General Manager (Technical) A.K. Srivastava told IANS.
After the installation of the devices, drivers of buses that ply on highways will not be able to exceed the speed of 65 km per hour, while speed of other buses will be a maximum 55 km per hour, the official added.
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