Traffic rules are meant to be obeyed and never more so than on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the old highway. The state transport department is cracking down on traffic-rule violators on these stretches. Its drive, which started with an awareness campaign on December 1, will be held round the clock for six months. 

To keep drivers in line, about 30 employees from the Regional Transport Offices of Mumbai, Panvel, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad have been deployed and 12 squads have been formed.