Yemen discuss National Traffic Safety Strategy draft

SANA'A, Oct. 06 (Saba) -
Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Ali Mujawar discussed in its weekly meeting on
Tuesday a
draft of National Traffic Safety Strategy submitted by Interior Minister.
The strategy aims to ensure a safe traffic movement as well as to reduce traffic
congestion in several cities of Yemen in order to protect the society from traffic
accidents'
bad effects and deepen awareness of traffic cultural among society members.
The strategy is also to ensure the application of traffic rules and improve the
traffic police competency level beside other goals enhancing traffic safety.
Moreover, the strategy includes the current situation and the traffic problems in
addition to its human and material damages that cause a huge number of deaths and
injuries
as well as the material losses of traffic accidents.
The cabinet affirmed its support to the strategy, approving forming a ministerial
committee to revise the draft based on the notes presented by the cabinet.
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