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A speed test on random vehicles will be conducted on the country's first Expressway that connects Mumbai to Pune. An MSRDC official said, "We have drafted the revised speed limit wherein there is a thought to have 100-kmph as speed limit for non-ghat section on the Expressway along with 50-kmph as speed limit for ghat section or where there are curves. The exercise is a part of attempts to increase the speed limit on Mumbai-Pune Expressway from the existing 80-kmph to 100-kmph. DNA had reported on August 13, 2018 about MSRDC's plans to increase the speed limit on the Expressway in both the ghat section and non-ghat section. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has been contemplating to increase the speed limit of vehicles plying on the Expressway after the Centre recently allowing maximum speed limit of 120-kmph on Expressways nationwide..