Chief Minister Raman Singh’s son Abhishek who won from the Rajnandgaon lok Sabha seat with record margin has fixed his priority on streamlining road traffic issues in his constituency.
The newly-elected MP on his visit here on Monday asked the officials when they would be able to set the traffic system right in the city.
He also gave an ultimatum to the district administration while asking to get speed breakers installed on national as well as State highways especially in the accident prone zones.
He also visited the accident prone area of the city and called a meeting of officials to discuss on the ways to prevent road accidents. Apart from officials, those who attended the meeting include eminent citizens of the town, local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and administrative officials. Superintendent of Police Sanjiv Shukla said the number of accident cases are on rise due to absence of speed breakers.
Singh told the officials to install the speed breakers within the next three days.He said people are very upset over the issue of rising number of accidents on internal road of the city and the National Highway.
He also directed the Municipal Commissioner TK Verma to make necessary lighting arrangements on the National Highway coming under the Municipal zone. In clear terms, the Member of Parliament told the officials that it was the duty of all to prevent accidents and all the necessary instruction given in the meeting should be carried out within two days, he said.
Those who attended the meeting include senior BJP leader lilaram Bhojwani, Khubchand Parakh, Sachin Baghel, Sobha Soni, Nilu Sharma, Superintendent of Police Dr Sanjiv Shukla, PWD engineers, sub divisional officers and Municipal Commissioner.