Road-owning agencies to be brought under a common banner
The Hindu
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Efforts are under way to bring different road-owning agencies in the State under a common banner, to increase the extent of designed roads, prevent their haphazard trenching, and avert accidents. This comes in the wake of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety selecting the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) as the nodal agency to spearhead road safety measures in the State. As a first step, Chief Secretary V.P. Joy convened a meeting recently to discuss the modalities to enhance coordination among various departments to prevent accidents at the over 200 accident-prone black spots in the State, especially on highways. Steps will be taken to remove encroachments and other obstacles that hamper safe movement of motorists and pedestrians, it is learnt.
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