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GHAZNI (Pajhwok): A standard weighbridge is being established in Nani area of southern Ghazni province to identify overloaded trucks on the Kabul-Kandahar highway and .
Authorities stopped more than 2.5 million vehicles suspected of being overloaded in the first nine months of this year, with 265 trucks impounded for one year and nearly 2,500 drivers fined. According to a report from the Committee for the Inspection of Overloaded Trucks, 32.74 per cent of the 2,579,260 vehicles inspected – some 844,578 – were overloaded.
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has warned again that it will take action without exception against all overloaded vehicles by seizing and impounding for one year any vehicles found to be carrying over 20 per cent of their maximum limit.