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More funds for Road safety, says Minister

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The Tamil Nadu government is spending INR 40 crore to ensure road safety in the State by setting up traffic signals and carrying out road&nbsp;widening projects,&rdquo; said Sellur K. Raju, Minister for Cooperation at an awareness programme here on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Speaking at the inauguration of the road safety week, the Minister said that as part of its vision 2023 the State government has announced projects worth INR 15 lakh crore for the development of transport sector, urban infrastructure and so on. Funds worth INR 3 lakh crore has been allotted for building quality roads and development of transport sector, he added.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The allotment of funds for development of State highways has increased from INR 5,615 crore in 2012-13 to INR 6,452 crore in the year 2013-14. Also, to aid speed control and effective traffic management, equipment worth Rs. 8.5 lakh have been provided to Madurai city police.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family:arial; font-size:11px; line-height:1.6em">It may be noted that the district has witnessed a decline in the number of road accidents from 2,862 cases in 2012 to 2,676 in 2013.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Samanth Rohan Rajendra, Deputy Commissioner (Law and Order), Madurai, who spoke on the occasion mentioned the recent traffic changes made in the city with the help of the Corporation, for better flow of vehicular traffic.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family:arial; font-size:11px; line-height:1.6em">Mr. Rohan asked the students present to offer their suggestions, by contacting him on his mobile phone or by sending an email.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Source-On Request</span></span></span></p>