In order to prevent mishaps on the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), the transport department and CEAT have been checking tyres since April 14. Around 15,000 tyres were checked and 750 vehicles were denied entry to the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway as their tyres were found to be bad.

Drive launched in April

A transport department official said, “In order to prevent accidents caused by tyre bursts, we had started an initiative with the state transport department and CEAT from the second week of April.” The transport department has been claiming that the number of road accidents on state highways has come down due to the numerous initiatives being undertaken by it. Since the first phase of the Samruddhi Mahamarg was thrown open to motorists in December 2022, several accidents have taken place and in many cases, the reason was tyre bursts.

Checks at Shirdi interchange