State Transport Minister Rajesh Munat has called for making helmet mandatory for two-wheeler riders in the State.
Chairing a meeting of State Road Safety Council, the Minister also directed officials to make use of helmet mandatory for people purchasing two-wheelers.
Munat also directed officials to spread awareness among the school and college goers regarding the road safety measures.
He suggested the automobile dealers to join the awareness programmes by contributing funds from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) heads. Principal Secretary, PWD, Amitabh Jain, Secretary, PWD and Transport Department BVR Subramanian, State Road Safety Council Secretary Rajeev Srivastava, School Education Department Secretary Subrat Sahoo and Additional Commissioner Transport Department OP Pal were present during the meeting.
Munat also directed the Additional Transport Commissioner to ensure that the black films are not put on the glasses of four-wheelers. He ordered officials to take action against the shopkeepers putting black films on four-wheerler glasses.
The Minister also directed officials to check overloading of passengers in public transport and rash driving. Officials were told to encourage all divisional headquarters for setting up driving schools.
The meeting also included discussions on ensuring proper visibility of traffic signals and removal of advertisement hoardings from certain spots , which may be interrupting the visibility of signals.
Notably, on September 22 this year, Chief Minister Raman Singh had also called upon the youth to follow traffic rules for their own safety and that of others. He had urged the riders of two-wheelers to wear helmets.
In order to make Raipur a ‘Smart City’, the contribution of youth will be crucial, he had stated while addressing youth gathered to learn about the traffic rules at the Indoor Stadium in Raipur.