Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) (Traffic) TJ longkumer on Saturday reviewed the task undertaken by the Traffic Department to curb road accidents and promote safety across the State.
The meeting was attended by Traffic Department officers from all districts of the State.
The ADGP said that there had been 8 per cent decline in road accidents in the State this year compared to 2016 but that is not enough.
‘There is a need to generate more awareness about road safety with effective steps to be taken by the officers’, he said.
Meanwhile, the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) will soon commence construction of building for Institute of Driving and Training Research in the new capital city.
Notably, Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training Research Institute will also be established in the new capital city, officials informed.
Previously United Nations (UN) had also decided to set up a Technology Innovation laboratory in Naya Raipur in May this year.
Notably, on June 23 last year, the then Union Minister of State for Power and Coal (Independent charge) Piyush Goyal on his visit to Naya Raipur had also announced to set up an Innovation lab on the newly built IIIT campus within the next two years.
The move would help students get an opportunity to take up research and innovation projects of their interest, he had stated.
Goyal was speaking after inaugurating the IIIT campus building at Naya Raipur adding, it (IIIT) will become a catalyst of growth in IT and Telecom sector.
"The institute will become a catalyst of growth in Information Technology and Telecom sector in the coming days. Not only in Chhattisgarh, but students from this institute will serve in the entire country," he had stated.
Spread over 50 acres of land, the state-of-art campus is jointly built by Chhattisgarh government and NTPC ltd at a cost of Rs 200 crore in Naya Raipur.
"With the collaboration of NTPC, the State government would establish an Innovation lab in the IIIT premises where renowned scientists from eminent institutes across the world will be called to guide the students to take up research and technology projects," he had stated.