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India's longest (illegal) truck
Updated On: 06 August, 2009 08:18 AM IST | | Aditya Anand
27.6-metre long trailer almost 10 metres more than the legal length was caught by RTO yesterday
27.6-metre long trailer almost 10 metres more than the legal length was caught by RTO yesterday
It was quite a sight yesterday when a trailer-truck measuring 27.6 metres breaking the permitted length by almost 10 metres and making it India's longest truck was spotted by the flying squad of Mumbai's Regional Transport Office (RTO).
The trailer-truck bearing a Rajasthan number plate, with its 30 wheels, had been illegally modified to carry extra weight. It was moving down the Govandiu2013Mankhurd Link Road when it was spotted.
Towards the port
Investigations have revealed that the trailer was proceeding to the Mumbai port to ferry some consignment pertaining to the installation of a windmill that had been shipped into India.
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