Navi Mumbai traffic police lay red carpet for app-based buses on Palm Beach Road
Buses move with “blessings” of city cops despite a 2001 notification banning heavy vehicles on the stretch Navi Mumbai, December 20, 2021 Rahul M Tawade Come January 1 and the Navi Mumbai traffic police will launch a Road Safety Week with great fanfare and invite celebrities to grace various functions, visit different schools in the satellite city to create awareness among children about road safety and traffic etiquettes, conduct awareness workshops for motorists and heavy vehicle drivers. Ironically, these are the same officials who, otherwise “conveniently” turn a blind eye to the complaints lodged by citizens for their vested interests. Last week the Palm Beach Road in Navi Mumbai witnessed an accident, wherein the two occupants of a SUV died on the Queens Necklace of city. The accident brought to the fore several questions related to safe motoring on the Palm Beach Road. It is a fact that in most cases rough driving is responsible for...