Team News Riveting
New Delhi, February 27
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued notification to allow rigid vehicles as well as trailers to have a maximum of three decks to transport two-wheelers.
It also notified that vehicle carrying four wheelers can have maximum of two decks, with the load body not projecting over the driver’s cabin. The move of the transport ministry will enhance the carriage capacity of two-wheelers by 40-50 per cent.
MoRTH said the decision was taken after examining the issue of static stability tests and dynamic stability of the three-deck vehicles. The ministry had invited suggestions from concerned stakeholders within a period of 30 days.
The Central Government has made the amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989; to be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2022. The order have come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette on February 25.
