The Hindu              24.01.2014

Rs. 25 crore for road repairs

Deputy Commissioner of Davangere district S.T. Anjan Kumar said that one of the prominent reasons for road accidents in Davangere city was bad roads and the district administration had already initiated steps to repair the roads at a cost of Rs. 25 crore.

Inaugurating the ‘road safety week’ organised jointly by the police and the Regional Transport Office here today Mr. Anjan Kumar said that since the roads were in bad shape, people were unable to strictly abide by the traffic rules. He noted that incidents of two-wheelers meeting with accidents were on an increase in the city because of the innumerable potholes. Hence the district administration has resolved to give a facelift to the roads in the city.

Similarly, an amount of Rs.11 crore had been earmarked for repairing the Pune-Bangalore highway passing in the city, the DC said, adding that construction of a ring road upto Bada cross would be completed soon. Once the ring road is completed, movement of heavy vehicles such as trucks in the city could be avoided, he said. He also disclosed that a truck terminal would be constructed on the outskirts of the city to prevent trucks coming into the city particularly during the day. Different public works including construction of truck terminal would soon be taken up at a total cost of Rs. 65 crore, he said.

Besides bad roads, there was a lack of traffic sense among many people, the DC said, and called upon the police and RTO officials to educate people about traffic rules. The DC said there were more than three lakh vehicles in Davangere city and of it more than 60 per cent were two wheelers.

The Davangere City Corporation had bought certain equipments to discipline the vehicular movement in the city and people would be educated about the equipments before installation.