In a move to prevent road accidents in the State, the Transport Department has decided to replace traditional speed breakers with rumblers.
The Government has decided to remove all speed breakers from National and State Highways and replace them with rumblers within a month. The Government hopes that this step would help prevent road accidents.
Moreover, an awareness drive would be conducted for drivers. In cases of over-speeding and overloading, provisions have been made to seize the vehicle and cancellation driving licences.
All these steps would be implemented within a month, following which a review meeting would be held to take stock of the situation.
Transport Minister Ramesh Majhi said, “We have observed that 72% of the deaths due to road accident involve people below the age of 45 and 63% of the victims are between 21-44 age group. Keeping in mind the accidents in Angul and other places, we are working towards creating awareness among the drivers. We have asked the National Highway of India and the State Works Department to replace the speed breakers with rumblers for which such accidents can be stopped. We have decided to complete all these within a month.”