Taking exception to the lethargic attitude of senior officials of the Transport department the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat has asked them to undertake an extensive Road safety campaign for next ten days in the State to educate people about the concepts of road safety.
The CM gave these orders while undertaking a review meeting of the transport department officials at Bijapur guest house here on Tuesday. He told the
department officers to ensure that the incidences of accidents on roads are reduced up to 50 per cent till the month of October.
The CM said that the department should make the entire process of issuing driving licenses online. He that the department should regularly undertake checking drives for licenses and fitness of the vehicles in the
State. Rawat said that strict action should be taken
against vehicles without reflectors which are parked along roadside.
He said that the senior officers of the department should undertake an awareness drive among the taxi unions about taking measures to prevent accidents in the mountainous areas. Rawat also asked the officers to earmark the accident prone locations in the hilly terrain. The CM said that the officials of Transport corporation should device ways to increase
the revenue.
The meeting was attended by Vice President Transport Corporation Anil Gupta, additional
Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Principal Secretary Transport S Ramaswamy, MD transport corporation B K Sant and others.