In view of rising road mishaps in the city, the district administration has geared up to ease traffic. The number of those killed and injured in the road mishaps is rapidly rising every year. In last one month alone about 15 people lost their lives.
Administration has agreed to restrict movement of heavy vehicles on deviated route through Kharkai bridge instead of Adityapur toll-bridge. The district administration of East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan has taken a decision for preventing entry of heavy vehicles through the Kharkai bridge. Very soon the administration of the twin districts will set- up barriers at strategic points.
The East Singhbhum district deputy commissioner, Amitabh Kaushal said that they want to streamline the movement of heavy vehicle to and from the steel city by enforcing the vehicles to ply through the Adityapur toll bridge only. The new deputy commissioner of East Singhbhum convened a meeting with the senior officials of police and administration and asked them to take immediate steps to reduce traffic congestion so that the movement can be streamlined.
The deputy commissioner said the restriction of heavy vehicle through the Kharkai bridge is due to not only loss of revenue caused to the Adityapur toll-bridge but the safety of the second Kharkai bridge the approach road of which under construction and also for the safety of the commuters.
"The traffic police have been enforcing the law with a firm hand. But there is no respite to the increasing number of accidents. At the same time most of the city roads are narrow. Some are uneven and with curves. And most of the roadsides are thickly vegetated hampering the vision of road users," said an official.
The deputy commissioner of Seraikela-Kharsawan KN Jha said that there was restriction of heavy vehicles through the Kharkai bridge, but drivers of the heavy vehicle continue to avoid the administration's instruction, they had to take a decision for setting up barriers on the route.
Sources went on to inform that more than 20 percent heavy vehicles tend to negotiate through the Kharkai bride, and in doing so they save toll-tax. On an average around 2000 heavy vehicles move toward Adityapur industrial are every day, but due to lack of barriers and strict measures at the check points, about 300 vehicles pass through the Kharkai bridge.