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Integrated check post to come up at Pethikuppam

Photo: N. Bashkaran.

A recipient: Transport Minister K.N. Nehru issuing a learning driving licence to a girl after inaugurating the upgraded Regional Transport Office in Hosur on Thursday. —

HOSUR: An integrated check post at Pethikuppam in Andhra border near Gummidipoondi would be set up soon, Transport Minister K.N. Nehru said here on Thursday.

Inaugurating the upgraded Regional Transport Office in Hosur, he said the check post would accommodate forest, excise, transport and sales tax offices. It would also have a cafeteria, rest room etc.

The Minister also said that steps would be taken to ply direct buses from Hosur to Chennai, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Tirunelveli and Tiruchendur soon.

To mitigate the sufferings of the schoolchildren, more city buses would be operated in the morning and evening in Hosur. Mini buses would also be operated to remote villages. The Minister said that a driving academy would come up at Chrompet in Chennai at a cost of Rs. 4.5 crore. Drivers working in the State Transport undertakings would be given counselling once in three months on safe driving.

He said that new RTO offices would have driving training tracks. He said that because of the efforts taken by the State Government 700 routes were being operated to the neighbouring two states and Puducherry.

Mr. Nehru said that the Government had so far introduced 1,200 new routes and 2,100 routes were extended and 10,000 new buses introduced. He also distributed learning driving licences to two women at the function.Collector V.K. Shanmugam presided over the function. Principal Secretary and Transport Commissioner S. Machendranathan, E.G. Sugavanam, MP, T. Senguttuvan, K. Gopinath, T.A. Meganathan, MLAs, spoke in the meeting.

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