Date:02/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/02/stories/2007100259490400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Transport Department to start training school

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: Toeing the police line, the Transport Department has decided to start an academy of its own for conducting refresher courses to drivers and mechanics, besides giving training to staff for upgrading their skills.

Headed by a Deputy Transport Commissioner, the State Transport Academy, which is first of its kind in the country, will also have a separate research wing to analyse reasons for fatal accidents and also to monitor road safety measures taken-up by the department.

The faculty will focus on pointing-out deficiencies that are resulting in accidents. Joint Transport Commissioner N. V. Subba Rao said 19 acres of land was identified at Bachupally, Medchal. “We have sent proposals to the Government and the academy would be opened within six months of getting the permission,” he said.