- Strengthen safety measures in accident-prone areas and ensure compliance with traffic rules
- Police, transport and related departments to jointly conduct action and awareness campaign
Kotputli-Bharod, 23 October. To curb road accidents in the district and ensure safe traffic arrangement, a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee was held on Friday under the chairmanship of District Collector Aparna Gupta. The meeting reviewed various points related to road safety and gave directives to relevant departments to shut illegal cuts, control overloaded vehicles, ensure safety measures in accident-prone areas and enforce effective compliance with traffic rules. Assistant Engineer Public Works Department Jagdish Prasad Yadav presented a report on the implementation of the directives given in the meeting, providing information on actions taken and progress made as per the agenda.
District Collector Aparna Gupta directed the closure of illegal cuts on national highways and major roads and strict action against those who reopen them. She instructed a special campaign for regular inspection of overloaded vehicles, increased monitoring at district entry points and effective action against drivers violating traffic rules.
She instructed police, transport department, public works department and Indian National Highway Authority officials to work in coordination to smooth traffic in urban areas. Emphasis was placed on removing illegal parking and roadside encroachments, organizing stalls and shops, developing adequate parking facilities, and ensuring proper signage, road markers, reflectors and lighting on major roads.
District Collector directed marking accident-prone areas and implementing necessary safety measures, and prioritising removal of road engineering deficiencies. She also stressed training schools, drivers, home guards and civil security personnel in CPR and first aid to ensure effective monitoring of ambulance services and timely first aid for injured persons in road accidents.
District Police Superintendent Satveer Singh directed strict action against drivers who drive under the influence, at high speed and overtaking incorrectly. He instructed regular monitoring on national highways and swift resolution of cases registered on the I-RED portal related to road accidents.
District Collector instructed all relevant departments to ensure effective action with coordination in road safety work. Regular campaigns should be conducted to raise public and driver awareness of traffic rules, to reduce road accidents and strengthen safe traffic arrangement.
Additional District Collector Soham Singh Naruka, CMHO Dr. Ashish Singh Shekawat, SE PWD Jagdish Prasad Yadav, SE JVVL Radheeshyam Bansal, DTO Sunil Kumar Saini and other officials and staff from related departments were present at the meeting.