Rs 3 lak sanctioned for Automatic Traffic Signals
A sum of Rs. 3 lakh has been sanctioned for installing automatic traffic signals in congested pockets in Coimbatore rural district.This was announced at the Road Safety-cum-Traffic Advisory Committee meeting held here recently.District Collector Neeraj Mittal chaired the meeting.Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore rural district, A.T. Duraikumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City, K. Shanmugavel (Law and Order), Deputy Transport Commissioner, T. Gunasekaran, Regional Transport Officers and Highways officials attended the meeting.The Collector directed the authorities to provide roofing and adequate lighting on the foot overbridge at Gandhipuram within the next four weeks. The meeting discussed measures to identify accident-prone stretches and initiate remedial measures in terms of road engineering and educate motorists through signboards.It was also decided to conduct awareness programmes for students to enlighten them on road rules.The meeting discussed the scope for publishing articles in newspapers on the causes for accidents and also audio and video programmes to create awareness among the public.It deliberated on organising photo exhibition on accidents at places that are frequented by public.
The Collector asked the authorities concerned to carry out repair works on the battered stretches such as Perur Bypass Road up to Ukkadam, Range Gowder Street, Telugu Brahmin Street and Sir Shanmugam Road.He sought a report on the shifting of Ukkadam lorrypet to a suitable place to ease congestion caused by trucks in the area.It was also decided to construct a median on Palakkad Road from Ukkadam bus stand to Aatuppalam.
