Commerce & Transport Principal Secretary
Bishnupada Sethi is happy about the efforts of the State Transport
Authority as there has been a decline in accidents and fatalities in the
first two months of the year.
Sethi reviewed details of accidents and fatalities recently with senior
officials of the department.
Normally January and February have always been months of higher
accidents. However there is a decline of 15.34 per cent in accidents and
10.33 per cent in fatalities during the two months this year compared to
the same period of previous year.
Accidents are less by 327 and deaths by 99. This has been achieved due
to strict enforcement measures and with great support from the Director
General of Police (DGP). The work done by Transport Commissioner
Arun Bothra and his team is quite commendable. It’s expected that the
trend would continue, said a top official of the department.
Bothra has been organising joint drives by police and the Transport
Department against drunken driving. This overdrive will continue,
which will work as a deterrent for errant drivers, who are engaging
themselves in driving the vehicles after boozing.