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Traffic Police (TP) said that they will take action against owners of 141 lorries which have not installed speed limiters by Jan 1, as required by law.These were among the 2,434 lorries which were subject to this deadline.A speed limiter is designed to limit the maximum speed that a vehicle can go.The enforcement action comes after several months of repeated advisories and direct engagements with lorry owners, including a reminder on Dec 12, that the authorities will take «stern enforcement action» against those who fail to comply with the statutory deadlines for installation.«TP will be taking enforcement action against the companies that own the 141 non-compliant lorries. These companies will receive notices to present their vehicles for inspections at authorised inspection centres,» the statement said.«Lorries without speed limiters will fail the inspection and vehicle owners will face enforcement action,» the police added. «Those who install speed limiters after the Jan 1, 2026, deadline will also be penalised.»
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Anuradha Roy is the author of five novels. Her first, ‘An Atlas of Impossible Longing’, was translated into 16 languages. ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’, her third novel, won the DSC Prize for Fiction 2016 and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015. ‘All the Lives We Never Lived’ won the 2022 Sahitya Akademi Award and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. 'Called by the Hills’ is her first work of nonfiction.
