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| Governor approves draft Road Safety Policy, directs Transport department to invite comments from stakeholders | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8 : Governor N N Vohra has approved draft Road Safety Policy of the State.
To elicit the views and comments from the road users and the people at large, the Governor has directed B R Sharma, Chief Secretary to put the draft Road Safety Policy in the public domain through the print and electronic media by February 10.
The last date to receive comments and views from various stakeholders and people will be February 29.
The Governor has further directed that all the views and suggestions received should be critically examined by the Transport Department and put up to him through the Advisor.
The salient features of the Policy include: Centre of Excellence to be established across the State to create capacity in road safety research, raising awareness among key decision makers, stakeholders and NGOs to facilitate them in planning and promoting road safety, implementation of road safety initiatives; creating a network of Trauma Health Care facilities on National Highways and State Highways; dedicated funding for road safety initiatives and prevention of road accident fatalities; establishment of safe transport infrastructure and stringent enforcement of traffic laws and regulations.
The Raj Bhawan Spokesperson stated that the Governor had expressed regret over the failure to take timely action within the clear timeframe which he had fixed for the implementation of Road Safety Action Plan after discussions in a high level meeting held in the Civil Secretariat on 14th February 2015, during the period of Governor's Rule a year ago, before the installation of the PDP-BJP Government.
The Governor has also directed both the Divisional Commissioners to ensure that meetings of the District Road Safety Committees are held on monthly basis till such time as the implementation of the Road Safety Plan gets well established.
The Deputy Commissioners will launch an urgent campaign to remove all encroachments along all the highways and ensure that the provisions of Ribbon Development Act are stringently enforced.
The Governor has also reiterated his earlier direction that, with immediate effect, it will be mandatory for all new road projects to be necessarily vetted by the Design Directorate so as to ensure that the road safety features are duly incorporated in the road architecture. He also directed that, side by side, the Safety Audit of the existing roads should be carried out in a time bound manner.
Further, every enforcement agency should sternly deal with all cases of overloading and other traffic violations and no unfit vehicle should be allowed to ply on the roads under any circumstances.
He emphasized the need for special attention being paid to facilitate pedestrians and, for this purpose, foot-paths should be cleared of all encroachments, adequate number of Zebra Crossings and under passes and over bridges built on all major roads and highways. |
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