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CHENNAI: A high-level committee has recommended that the power to mandate fitting of speed governors with a view to controlling the menace of overspeeding should rest with the Central government, according to the Tamil Nadu Transport Department. Prior to 2002, the power was vested with the Centre. Later, it was delegated to the State governments with a view to empowering the States to deal with the road safety situation in their respective areas considering the peculiarity of traffic situation. However, there were problems with regard to overloading, speed governors and fixing speed limits in States like Kerala and Karnataka. The Centre referred the matter to the committee, headed by the Tamil Nadu Transport Minister, which recommended that the power to make speed governors should be with the Centre. The panel also stressed the need for revision of speed limits which were fixed 18 years ago. According to the committee, only after the Centre notified the revised speed limits, State governments could be asked to notify the same. Only thereafter the issue of fitting speed governors could be decided. The Union government’s approval in respect of the committee’s decision was awaited. Transport Commissioner, C.P.Singh’s response was filed recently in the Madras High Court which is dealing with a public interest litigation petition by the New Delhi-based Suraksha Foundation. The organisation had pointed out that the main cause of road accidents was that stage-carriage buses were being driven at a high speed without observing any norm/speed limit. It prayed for a direction to the Tamil Nadu Government to prepare a plan for installation of electronic speed limiters within a specified time frame. A committee should be appointed to monitor the same and it should submit regular implementation reports to the court. In its rejoinder, filed by counsel Krishna Ravindran and K.Veerasik Kumaragiri, to the counter affidavit, the organisation said the State government should act rather than stating the rhetoric of policies and building infrastructure.
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