Shillong, Apr 16 (PTI) A 60-km stretch of a highway that connects Guwahati to Shillong has claimed the lives of 25 people in the last 100 days, according to official data.

Most of these accidents on the scenic Umiam-Jorabat Expressway have happened due to speeding, with about 50 per cent of the victims from outside the state, VS Rathore, the SP of Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district, said on Wednesday.

Also Read | 'Concerned Over Violence': Supreme Court Posts Further Hearing on Waqf (Amendment) Act Challenge Pleas for April 17.

Besides speeding, drunk driving is also a cause for a number of accidents on the four-lane highway, he said.

Police are in constant touch with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and have requested it to install speed limit boards along the highway, he added.

Also Read | Stock Market Today: Sensex Rallies for 3rd Day to Regain 77,000-mark; Nifty Climbs 108.65 Points.

Rathore said the police were also planning to install barricades on stretches where drivers tend to speed.

He said the police are conducting regular checks to curb speeding and reckless driving.

Truckers using the highway are also being alerted to follow lane driving, and strict measures are being taken to regulate safe parking of trucks, the SP said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)