Odisha government will organise various programmes across the state to create wide public awareness in order to reduce the number of road fatalities, Commerce and Transport (C&T) Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena said Saturday, announcing that ‘Zero Fatality Fortnight’ will be observed from November 16 to 30.

Jena held discussions with the C&T department Principal Secretary Usha Padhee and Transport Commissioner Amitabh Thakur, and gave various suggestions to achieve the zero casualty target.

It was learnt that during the fortnight, a zero-tolerance policy will be adopted against traffic rule violators.

The inspection process will be tightened across the state.

“For this, a guideline has been issued by the C&T department to all the district administrations.

The enforcement programme will

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