The state government has requested the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, to prepare a comprehensive traffic and transportation study for Goa.
Chief minister Digambar Kamat told the media that a CRRI team will begin their study in Goa in October 2009, submit a preliminary report with short-term measures by March 2010 and a final report with measures to last till 2030 by December 2010.
Kamat reminded that the government had constituted a task force and declared 2008 as the year of the road so as to address the problem of road accidents in the state. Kamat said, “The government saw that road accidents are on the rise. A message has to go out that the government is serious about reducing accidents in Goa. We therefore need a comprehensive road traffic and transportation study for Goa.”
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