To prevent accidents on the 242km-long Delhi-Jaipur national highway (NH-48), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started closing illegal exits, particularly on the Manesar-Masani Barrage stretch, officials said on Tuesday.
To start with, NHAI has closed 14 illegal exits between Daruhera and Masani Barrage on both sides of the road, while two additional exits — one at Sidhrawali and the other near Hero factory near Daruhera — have also been closed to prevent movement of vehicles from the service lane to the main carriageway or those who are trying to cross the highway, the authority said.
Officials said that owners of petrol pumps and roadside eateries usually make these exits illegally by filling drains on service roads or damaging the separators on the roadside to provide easy access to vehicles.
