Three months after an all-out RTO drive was launched on the old Mumbai-Pune highway and expressway, statistics show a decline of 30 per cent in road fatalities as compared to last year. The drive launched in December 2022 is expected to go on for another three months.
 
From December 1, we started a 24-hour mass drive with full-fledged staff to take action against all kinds of traffic violators, including those without helmets and drivers who indulge in lane-cutting, wrong-side driving and illegal parking. For the drive, 30 staff members from the Mumbai, Panvel, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad RTO offices had been deputed for action, forming 12 squads. Six squads with 15 officers in each were posted on the expressway and highway for action with interceptor vehicles,” said Bharat Kalaskar, deputy transport commissioner (road safety cell) and transport officer.

Officers participate in the drive to reduce fatal accidents on the old Mumbai-Pune highway and expressway