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Agartala, July 18, 2019: In combating road rage, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has called upon the local clubs and NGOs to take proactive steps in maintaining traffic rules in their respective areas and prevent local youths from reckless driving. The Chief Minister has also suggested that heavy fine be imposed on them who would violate traffic rules or drive/ ride with breakneck speed.
The Chief Minister, who was delivering his speech at the Road Safety Management & Capacity Building Symposium organized by the Tripura Police in collaboration with Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), New Delhi at Prajna Bhawan in Agartala today, said the road rage menace cannot be solved only by the traffic police or for that matter Transport department alone.
“It requires an all out and holistic approach to streamline the traffic management and also to curb the rush driving menace involving government agencies as well as civil society organs” he opined.
“The local clubs can play a key role in bringing awareness in their areas and influence both the youngsters as well as their parents to prevent them from driving cars or riding two wheelers in breakneck speed—which causes many a fatal accident”, he said.
“Besides”, he said, “ the media can also come forward to create mass awareness and help government in combating the road rage menace”, he added.
The Chief Minister said, as for the better road conditions a decision has already been taken that from now on only stone chips will be used for carpeting and quality of works will be monitored in right earnest. He has instructed Chief Secretary U. Venkateswarlu to ensure that whenever a pothole develops the concerned engineer of the department must take immediate step to patch it up.
