Transport Minister Perni Nani on Sunday announced a slew of measures targeting road safety, people-friendly services and achieving the department’s annual revenue target of ₹4,000 crore. Mr. Nani convened a State-level meeting on road safety here, documenting the challenges being faced by the department. He directed the officials to identify land and prepare a plan for construction of a driving track at the unit level. The majority of the 73 units each headed by a Motor Vehicle Inspector were not equipped with driving tracks and relying upon the roads for conducting the driving test. “The road safety fund (₹120 crore) allotted in the budget will be used for the construction of the driving tracks in consultation with Chief Minister Y.S.

Source: The Hindu July 21, 2019 18:56 UTC