Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has made wearing helmets mandatory for two-wheeler riders on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The move comes days after the UPEIDA made it compulsory for commuters not to complete the 302-km journey in less than three hours. The state government also announced that those covering the stretch from Lucknow […]
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Agra bus accident victim leaves behind pregnant wife
New Delhi: Huzoor Aalam (29) was returning from Lucknow after dropping his pregnant wife Shagufta at her parent’s home. A day later, an inconsolable Shagufta sat next to the body of her husband at their house in Azadpur in North West Delhi. Aalam was one of the 30 passengers who were killed on Monday when […]
29 passengers killed as bus falls into gorge off Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Agra: At least 29 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah) under Etmadpur police jurisdiction of Agra district at around 4.15 a.m. […]
Killer road: 36 dead, 222 injured in 3 months
Agra: Built with an aim to shorten the travel time, the 302-km-long Agra-Lucknow Expressway is actually cutting short people’s lives. In just 90 days, 36 people of lost their lives, 222 others were injured in over 400 accidents on the Expressway, an RTI query revealed. Advocated K.C. Jain had filed a Right to Information plea […]
Seven killed in truck-bus collision in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday when a Varanasi-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district, police said. Rakesh Pandey, the incharge of the Karhal police station, said: “The accident took place on the Agra Lucknow Expressway while the bus, en route to Varanasi […]
Seven killed in Agra-Lucknow Expressway accident
Lucknow : Seven people were killed and two dozen injured in a road accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Thursday, police said. The mishap took place in Unnao when a truck filled with iron pipes overturned and a bus rammed into it from the rear. Two other cars were also hit in the accident. The […]
Fatal accidents increasing on Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Agra : Speed craze without discipline is proving a major killer on Uttar Pradesh’s two expressways. While the Yamuna Expressway has taken nearly a thousand lives since 2012, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway has recorded over 100 deaths. With nearly seven lakh vehicles using the new Agra-Lucknow Expressway, reducing travel time to just five hours, the authorities […]