Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has asked officials to restrict speed in highway and expressway up to 100 km/hour and punish those violating this speed limit.
“The officials should use modern gadgets to keep an eye on speeding vehicles. Those violating this order sould be punished under Motor Vehicle Act,” Yadav said while heading the meeting of Uttar Pradesh State Road Safety Council here on Friday.
He also launched website www.uproadsafetycell.org on this occasion.
Chief Minister said that speed on roads is taking lives regularly. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure safe journey. Therefore it has been decided that speed limit up to 100 km/hour should be adhered to any cost.
“All the highways including lucknow-Agra Expressway which will become operational in October should follow the speed limit regulation,” Yadav said adding that lucknow-Agra Expressway would also be the liquor free zone.
Chief Minister said pedestrians rights should be honoured and they should be provided a pathway in all the highways. All the satte highways should have telephone numbers of police thansa and PHC so that at the time of exigency people could connect them, he said.
In another meeting of Mandi Parishad Chief Minister said that his government was committed to protect the rights of the farmers. It is our responsibility that farmers should get good remunerative prices of their agricultural produce, he said.
“The working of mandi Parishad should be farmer friendly. They should realize that they belong to Mandi Parishad,” he said.
In the meeting projects worth Rs 2358 crore of Mandi Parishad was approved by the Board. He also reviewed Janeshwar Mishra samagra gram vikas Yojana and asked officials to increase thenumber of villages rom existing 1000 to 20000. Rs 742 crore was sanctioned for this.
Yadav also ordered modernization of mandi Parishad including setting up of automated gates.
Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan and APC Pravir Kumar were other senior officials who attended this meeting.