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Thailand to cut road accidents during Songkran Festival by 10%
CHIANG MAI, April 11 (TNA) - A national road safety centre was opened on Monday on the occasion of the traditional Thai New Year Festival, or Songkran, aimed at reducing road accidents nationwide by 10 per cent during the annual festivity period.
Crowds of people were seen Monday morning at northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai Arcade bus terminal, queuing up for tickets to return home. North-bound buses on short routes are fully booked, as operators have doubled their services on top of normal schedules. Six daily trains running from Chiang Mai to Bangkok are also full until April 19, leaving space just for standing passengers.
Many Thais working in Malaysia are also returning to Thailand for Songkran, boosting local businesses at Tammalang port in southern Thai Muang Satun district, an area facilitating trips between the two countries. Immigration police and customs officials have had to double their workforces at the port.
Patrol boats have been launched at the Khlong Jilard port in southern resort Krabi province to ensure public safety and aid travelers up until April 17. On Phetkasem highway, at an intersection leading to the heart of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, local insurance members and volunteers were seen handing out leaflets to campaign for road safety, in addition to their give-away of preserved pineapple and drinking water to motorists.
Meanwhile, the ad hoc government road safety center said it would publicise all daily road accidents until April 17 to raise public awareness on safe driving, with Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul, in his capacity as the centre’s director, insisting on hopes to cut road accidents by as much as 10 per cent. (TNA)
Crowds of people were seen Monday morning at northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai Arcade bus terminal, queuing up for tickets to return home. North-bound buses on short routes are fully booked, as operators have doubled their services on top of normal schedules. Six daily trains running from Chiang Mai to Bangkok are also full until April 19, leaving space just for standing passengers.
Many Thais working in Malaysia are also returning to Thailand for Songkran, boosting local businesses at Tammalang port in southern Thai Muang Satun district, an area facilitating trips between the two countries. Immigration police and customs officials have had to double their workforces at the port.
Patrol boats have been launched at the Khlong Jilard port in southern resort Krabi province to ensure public safety and aid travelers up until April 17. On Phetkasem highway, at an intersection leading to the heart of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, local insurance members and volunteers were seen handing out leaflets to campaign for road safety, in addition to their give-away of preserved pineapple and drinking water to motorists.
Meanwhile, the ad hoc government road safety center said it would publicise all daily road accidents until April 17 to raise public awareness on safe driving, with Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul, in his capacity as the centre’s director, insisting on hopes to cut road accidents by as much as 10 per cent. (TNA)
