Amid sharp rise in road fatalities, the government on Monday clamped a ban on the movement of three-wheelerauto-rickshaws and non-motorised vehicles on highways across the country with effect from August 1.The Roads Transport and Highways Division of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges issued a gazette notification in this connection.A PID handout said the directive will be applicable for all national highways to ensure safe roads. The ban came in the wake of Auto-rickshaw deaths of over 240 people in a series of road accidents before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr across the country. However, it is apprehended that the ban will put pressure on public buses to carry extra passengers apart from leaving the owners of auto-rickshaws and non-motorised vehicles in deep worries.
