New transport policy by year-end: Minister

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, OCT. 29. The State Government will announce a new comprehensive transport policy by the year-end.

Participating in a meet-the-press programme here on Monday, the Minister for Transport, Mr. Sageer Ahmed, said the draft of the new policy was being given final touches by the Transport Department.

Listing the achievements of his department during the past two years, Mr. Ahmed said there was an ambitious plan to provide transport links to about 5,000 villages in the State. The Chief Minister, Mr. S.M. Krishna, had evinced keen interest in ensuring transport facilities in all parts of the State.

Regarding the working of the district-level regional transport offices (RTOs), Mr. Ahmed said efforts were being taken to bring about all-round improvement of these offices including computerisation. Computerisation of RTOs was proceeding at a brisk pace and the five RTOs in Bangalore had already been computerised.

Claiming that the working of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) had improved a lot during the past two years, Mr. Ahmed said 3,000 new buses were added to the fleet. Referring to the functioning of driving schools, Mr. Ahmed said efforts were being made to regulate the schools.

With the collaboration of the Health Department, 46 trauma centres had been established near accident-prone spots on national and State highways. More such centres would be established soon, he added.

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