After the one month long intensive repairing work done on the tattered Wayanad ghat roads, the road would be opened for traffic on Wednesday. Discussions on banning large container lorries on ghat pass road are also going on.
A ban on containers is being planned as plying of such heavy containers are posing greater risk. Container lorries carrying bikes, autorickshaws and cars would be banned and those carrying other essential goods wouldn't be banned. Collector said high-level meeting would be convened for discussing this issue within two days.
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As per section 93 of Central Motor Vehicles rule 1989, vehicles with extra width won't be allowed on roads. Maximum vehicle width of 260 cms would only be allowed. But container lorries with 12 to 18 tyres are usual scene on roads these days. An average of 500 such lorries pass through ghat pass a week. They have to pay a small fine if caught by police.
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