Unhindered transportation channels essential: Kerala CM

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Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today said unhindered transportation channels between neighbouring states were essential for smooth implementation of developmental plans.

Inaugurating the 19th meeting of the standing committee of Transport Ministers of the southern states, he said that to achieve the above goal, the meeting had to find out smooth, efficient and economic ways of transport between the states.

Mr Achuthanandan said certain systems should be devised and implemented to remove the administrative and territorial bottlenecks, which hinder smooth flow of transport.

The Chief Minister said the state was trying to ease the burden on the already strained road network by exploring the possibility of developing the waterways as an alternate mode of transportation.

Expressing concern over the increasing rate of road accidents and the loss of human lives, he said the state government was making a concerted effort, involving all governmental and non-governmental agencies concerned, to solve the problem.

In his presidential address, state Transport Minister Mathew T Thomas said provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act and Rules and other relevant statutes did not contain deterrent provisions for disqualification of repeated traffic offenders.

The matter would be raised in the meeting and a possible amendment would be suggested in this regard.

Transport Ministers from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Goa were taking part in the two-day meeting, convened to discuss various issues in the transport sector and recommend the Centre to solve the anomalies in the Motor Vehicles Act.

The meeting would also discuss the plans of uniform vehicle tax in the southern states and relaxation in the Transport Act.

UNI

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