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PWD panel will suggest steps to stop accidents on sea link
Interestingly, the committee set up by the PWD, which is with the BJP, will evaluate the standard safety measures put in place by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
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Interestingly, the committee set up by the PWD, which is with the BJP, will evaluate the standard safety measures put in place by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The public works department (PWD) on Friday appointed a four-member committee headed by the additional chief secretary of the department to suggest measures to prevent accidents on the Bandra-Worli sea link after Wednesday’s mishap on the stretch claimed five lives.
Interestingly, the committee set up by the PWD, which is with the BJP, will evaluate the standard safety measures put in place by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The government order on the formation of the panel said that Wednesday’s accident will be independently probed by the police. “However, being a toll road, the government is of the opinion that a panel should be formed to suggest measures to avoid accidents on the road,” it added. PWD Minister Ravindra Chavan was unavailable for comment.
On October 5, five people were killed and 10 others sustained injuries after a speeding vehicle rammed into an ambulance and four other vehicles that had halted on the Bandra-Worli sea link to help a group of people injured in an accident.
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