Northern Province Minister Charles Shawa has called on the police to intensify their road traffic patrols and bring to book motorists violating road traffic regulations in the province.
Mr. Shawa said he was deeply concerned with the rise in roads accidents in the region.
He said, following the rehabilitation of roads in most parts of the province, motorists have resorted to over-speeding, thereby causing fatal accidents.
Mr. Shawa told ZANIS in Kasama that it was unacceptable for people’s lives to be lost as a result of total disregard of traffic rules by drivers and urged law enforcement agencies to immediately arrest the situation.
The Minister warned that the law would catch-up with all those who think they are ‘clever for nothing’, by deliberately contravening traffic regulations.
Mr. Shawa reiterated government’s desire to change the scenario of road infrastructure in Northern Province for the better.
He said plans were already underway to install traffic lights on some selected roads in Kasama in bid to enhance the movement of vehicles in the provincial capital.
The Minister has appealed to the local people to refrain from acts of vandalism of public infrastructure.
Mr. Shawa warned that if people do not change their mindsets on matters of development, the province would continue to lag behind.
Meanwhile, Kasama residents have started putting up humps on most graveled roads in a bid to curb what the regard as careless driving by motorists in the District.
This came to light during spot-checks by ZANIS on recently rehabilitated township roads in the area.
Most of the residents talked to said they decided to put up humps on the roads because they feared for their lives as motorists had become reckless when driving resulting in accidents becoming the order of the day.
They said the problem was more pronounced in townships were children were being knocked down frequently by fast moving taxi’s.
The residents appealed to law enforcement agencies to crackdown on motorists violating road traffic regulations so that sanity could be maintained on public roads.
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Better to put speed humps on the road than to make coffins and dig graves.
Drink driving is the main cause of accident.
Ba Shawa mwalileka ukwimba inyimbo sha kwa Lesa ngafilya twalemitamba pa tv akale. Nomba lyashi lya ma politics eehhh bane. GET OUT OF OUR PROVINCE BLALI FULU!!! STUPID JULY!!!
Trafffic lights….. In Kasama, How if there is no traffic. There very few Cars in Kasama. Like number 2 says, its drinking and driving thats the main cause.
so the solution is to put a traffic light in Kasama? wow.. what a brilliant idea. I wish I had such mental capacity to come up with these innovative solutions.