Suriya” orders a system overhaul – raising the safety level of public transport services by appointing a committee from outside agencies to jointly consider preventive measures, inspect, analyze the causes of accidents, and recommend preventive measures. Report the results within 15 days.
Mr. Suriya Juangroongruangkit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, revealed that today (October 3, 2024), he signed the Ministry of Transport’s order appointing a committee to consider preventive measures for public transport services in order to identify the causes and factors that result in accidents from public transport services, which will lead to the determination of preventive measures and guidelines for the agencies and personnel involved in the Ministry of Transport, including other recommendations that are useful in preventing such losses from happening again in the future. The committee consists of the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Head of the Highway Infrastructure Develop
ment Mission Group, as Chairman; Mr. Chakkri Bamrungwong, Inspector-General of the Ministry of Transport, as Vice Chairman; and the committee members include the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Land Transport, representatives from the Ministry of Interior, Assoc. Prof. Anek Siriphanichkorn, Prof. Dr. Mongkol Mongkolwongroj, Council of Engineers; Mr. Boonpong Kitwattanachai, Engineering Institute of Thailand under Royal Patronage; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yosapong La-onwan, Asst. Prof. Dr. Chuchai Sujivorakul, Director of the Legal Division, Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, as committee members and secretary; and Head of the Legal Division 2, Legal Division, Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport. Assistant secretary
With duties and powers to study, inspect and analyze according to engineering principles to find the cause of accidents and losses, propose preventive measures both in the immediate and long term, including guidelines for agencies and re
lated persons to prevent accidents with public transport services of all types from happening again in the future, to consider giving orders, propose other suggestions to improve the safety of public transport services of all types, by reporting the results of operations within 15 days from the date of the appointment order.
Source: Thai News Agency
