CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLE RULES – 1989

CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLE RULES – 1989

AMENDED 1993, AMENDED 2000

 

For exercising the provisions created by the Central motor vehicle Act 1989,   Government of India made rules called the CMV RULES (CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLE RULES) that regulate all aspects of road transport like registration, license, and requirements for carrying hazardous goods, liability, offences etc.

The important provisions created in the CMV rules regarding transportation of hazardous goods are specified in rules 129 to 137, the contents of the rules are

RULE	DESCRIPTION
129	Transportation of goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life.
129A	Spark arrester.
130	Manner of display of class labels.
131	Responsibility of the consignor for safe transport of dangerous or hazardous goods.
132	Responsibility of the transporter or owner of goods carriage.
133	Responsibility of the driver.
134	Emergency information panel.
135	Driver to be instructed.
136	Driver to report to the police station about accident.
137	Class labels.
9	Educational qualifications for drivers of goods carriages carrying dangerous or hazardous goods

RULE 129/129 A: Transportation of goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life, It states that  

Every goods carriage, carrying dangerous or hazardous goods (whether in bulk or in packages), shall display a distinct mark of the class label appropriate to the type of dangerous or hazardous goods specified in rule 137 (which are described at the end of the document)

1. Every Package shall display a distinct mark of the class label appropriate to the type of dangerous or hazardous goods specified.
2. If two hazards are present then two distinct labels to be present

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Article by PJ Mohan

Sr.Faculty, NIFS