Vehicle patrol on highways to be enhanced in Tirupati
The Tirupati district administration is enhancing vehicle patrols on highways due to a rise in road accidents. Special road safety equipment and drug testing kits have been provided to the police for improved highway surveillance. Additionally, 43 black spots have been identified for safety measures, including speed breakers and warning boards.
- ▪The district administration is increasing vehicle patrol on highways leading to Tirupati.
- ▪Special road safety equipment and drug testing kits were handed over to police personnel.
- ▪43 black spots have been identified on highways, with safety measures implemented in 20 of them.
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In view of the general rise in road accidents, the district administration has taken up measures to increase the vehicle patrol on highways leading to Tirupati.The Tirupati district police received special road safety equipment and drug testing kits, which are meant to be used on the highways and on mobile patrol vehicles. District Collector S. Venkateswar and Superintendent of Police L. Subbarayudu handed over the same to the police personnel engaged on highway surveillance duty on Wednesday.The staff of the five mobile traffic road safety vehicles received safety reflective jackets, traffic baton lights, safety traffic cones, radium reflective tape rolls, besides water bottles, sunglasses, caps and torchlights.
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