K. Rosaiah
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has favoured constitution of a Road Safety Coordination Panel comprising senior officials from the departments concerned to chalk out steps to bring down the road accidents in the State.
Expressing serious concern over the rising number of fatalities due to road accidents, Mr. Rosaiah at a review meeting with Transport Minister S. Vijayarama Raju, Commissioner, Transport, Raymond Peter and other officials on Sunday said: “There is a spurt in the road accidents in which precious lives are lost. I want all the departments concerned like traffic, police, roads and buildings to work in close coordination and to bring down the number of accidents.”
Review meeting
He will shortly hold a high-level review meeting with ministers and senior officials and follow it up with interaction with the district officials, highway patrolling police and other departments. He wanted road rules like the lane system, driving regulations and parking to be strictly implemented while highway patrolling should be further intensified.
Mr. Rosaiah lamented that in 10 major road accidents this month in Nalgonda, Kurnool, Khammam, Nizamabad, Nellore and Warangal districts about 43 people lost their lives. The latest was the ghastly mishap in Mydukur in Kadapa on Saturday that claimed nine lives.
The Chief Minister directed that the District Collectors to regularly hold District Road Safety Committee meetings and take immediate steps to identify accident prone areas and take remedial measures.
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