Gurgaon: Three days after a fatal Dwarka Expressway crash, traffic police have asked National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to install no-entry warning boards.In a written communication sent on Monday, NHAI has been asked to install prominent warning boards at key entry points to prevent slow-moving and “banned vehicles” from entering access-controlled expressways.The prohibited categories include motorcycles, scooters, tractors, e-rickshaws, auto-rickshaws/three-wheelers, e-carts, quadricycles, multi-axle hydraulic trailers and other slow-moving or non-motorised vehicles.The request comes after Shivendra Kumar, a 22-year-old cab driver, died in a crash on the expressway on Friday after his Hyundai Aura hit the rear of an e-rickshaw carrying iron rods that extended several feet beyond the vehicle.Police found that the e-rickshaw travelled nearly 3km on the access-controlled expressway, much of it in the fast lane, before the collision. An FIR has been registered against the unidentified e-rickshaw driver, who remains absconding.Traffic DCP Prateek Gaholot said the move is aimed at preventing similar accidents and improving compliance with existing restrictions.“Our only motive is to curb accidents and save precious lives. All adequate measures are being adopted. NHAI has been requested to install the necessary warning boards regarding the no-entry zones for banned vehicles and we will take up the issue again in the next road safety meeting. Commuters should drive responsibly and not use the restricted carriageways if they are prohibited from doing so,” Gaholot said.The traffic police requested NHAI to install visible signboards on the approach roads to Dwarka Expressway and Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, warning drivers of prohibited vehicles against entering the main carriageways.A senior traffic police officer told TOI that manpower constraints make it difficult to deploy personnel at every entry point round the clock but added that surveillance and enforcement continue unabated. “We have limited manpower, so it is not possible to station police personnel at every entry point at all times. However, rigorous monitoring is being carried out through CCTV surveillance and regular enforcement drives, and violators are being challaned,” the officer said.The focus on keeping prohibited vehicles off access-controlled highways has also been reinforced internally. During the weekly general parade of the traffic police on Monday, Gaholot directed all officers to ensure that banned categories of vehicles do not enter KMP Expressway, Dwarka Expressway, Mumbai Expressway and the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway (NH8) stretch between Kherki Daula toll plaza and Sirhaul border. He instructed personnel to take strict legal action against violators and ensure that restrictions on the movement of such vehicles are enforced effectively.Traffic police said enforcement drives against no-entry violations are being carried out regularly on the city’s access-controlled expressways. Between Jan 1 and July 15 this year, 63,428 challans were issued for no-entry violations on Dwarka Expressway alone. Another 51,654 motorists were penalised for improper lane changes and 13,420 for driving without seat belts.Traffic police, in June 2025, enforced restrictions on several categories of slow-moving and vulnerable vehicles on the main carriageways of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and Dwarka Expressway following directions from NHAI and in compliance with observations of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Such vehicles are required to use the parallel service roads instead.
