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Goa Govt to install weighing bridges on its border posts Panaji | January 03, 2006 12:37:32 AM IST The Goa government has plans to install weighing bridges on its border posts to check overloading of trucks carrying goods, according to Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar here today. Inaugurating a Road Safety Week here today, he said the installation of weighing bridges would help avoid overloading of trucks, which endangers other road users and damages roads and infrastructure. Mr Madkaikar urged the department officials and the traffic cell to work in tandem to minimise the menace of over speeding and overloading. Complying to the traffic rules and regulations by the people, even students, could avoid accidents, he said and added that Goa had, however, been successful in controlling the death rate due to accident, he added. There are at present five lakh registered vehicles in Goa, besides those entering from other states, which lead to traffic congestion and therefore required greater awareness about road safety to minimise accidents to a great extent. Speaking on the occasion, a Superintendent of Police (Traffic) said that 60 per cent of road accidents occurred due to overspeeding in Goa, where 265 people lost their lives in the year 2005 as against 360 in the previous year. The police had booked as many as 1,060 cases under various traffic rules violations and collected Rs two crore by way of fines from traffic offenders, he added. An official of 'Goa Can', a local voluntary organisation, emphasised that the need was to establish of a road engineering cell in PWD for developing a good network of roads. The Minister later distributed certificates to those drivers who underwent training course conducted by the Directorate of Transport. UNI BM SSS NV0010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------