India, Oct. 27 -- All goods-carrying vehicles, including light commercial vehicles (LCVs) such as pickup vans and Tata Ace, will be barred from using the Connecting Link on the Yashwantrao Chavan Pune-Mumbai Expressway from November 1.

The revised regulations will remain in force permanently from November 1 until further orders. The vehicles will have to use the existing expressway alignment, officials said.

According to a notification issued on October 26 by Praveen Salunke, additional director general of police (traffic), Maharashtra, the restriction has been imposed to ensure traffic safety inside the Connecting Link tunnels, taking into account technical considerations and stakeholder consultations.

Vehicles carrying hazardous mate...