Taking a note of increasing number of accidents, officials of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) and experts of road safety inspected the 165-km stretch of Yamuna Expressway on Saturday. A total of 2,100 accidents have been reported on the stretch in the past three years. As many as 771 accidents were reported on the stretch in last year alone.
After the inspection, YEIDA CEO Aurn Vir Singh said that they have inspected the stretch from zero point of Greater Noida to Agra. “We have directed to provide smooth traffic at different underpasses and loops of e-way especially at 9-km and 23.5-km stretch of Yamuna Expressway,” he said.
“Many other loopholes have been pointed out and suggestions have been made to expressway’s operator for proper traffic management to ensure road safety.” CEO said.