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AP govt launches accident-relief project
Andhra Pradesh Roads and Buildings Department has launched a ‘Demo Corridor Project’ from Renigunta in Chittoor district on a pilot basis, in order to demonstrate accident relief and quick-action measures that can be taken in case of accidents.
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Roads and Buildings Department has launched a ‘Demo Corridor Project’ from Renigunta in Chittoor district on a pilot basis, in order to demonstrate accident relief and quick-action measures that can be taken in case of accidents.
Addressing a media conference on completion of 100 days of the government, Transport Minister Sidda Raghava Rao said on Wednesday that the demo project had been launched along Renigunta-Kadapa and Renigunta-Rayala Cheruvu routes. A sum of Rs132.30 crore has been allocated for the project.
Replying to a question, the Minister denied that the government was contemplating to hike RTC fare. He said no such proposal had been sent to the Chief Minister on fare-hike.
He further said that the government would take necessary action to see that private bus operators did not fleece people travelling to native places for Dasara festival.
In order to ensure road safety, the Minister said, the department had identified ‘blind spots’ on roads where accidents took place and was in the process of painting roads with radium paint at a cost of Rs. 200 crore.
Raghava Rao said the APSRTC was currently facing a net loss of Rs2,300 crore. A 3-member committee headed by senior bureaucrat Sheila Bhide was studying the issue of bifurcation of APSRTC. The minister said the bifurcation would take at least two more months.
The Minister said the existing two-lane roads would be converted into four-lane and existing 4-lane roads would be converted into 6-lane roads soon. A driving institute, a Transport Research Institute and a host of certification centres will be set up by the Transport Department.
