Early Times Report
SAMBA, June 29: Additional District Development Commissioner Samba, Arvind Kotwal today chaired the review meeting with all the stakeholders on the issues of road safety to check and address the fatalities across the District Samba including on National Highway, Border Roads and other periphery artery roads in district Samba.
During the meeting action taken report was submitted by the concerned departments which included formation of QRTs, identification and remedial steps for black spots, conduct road safety audits, fixing of road signage, speed limit and other traffic calming measures like erection of crash barrier, closure of unauthorized cuts on highway, deployment of basic life support ambulances on highways, improving facilities of trauma centre at Ghagwal, procurement of critical care ambulances, installation of GPS in Commercial vehicles, awareness programmes on road safety In schools and colleges, addition of road safety chapters in school curriculum and a wide publicity in print and social media for general awareness of public etc.
ADDC directed the concerned departments to immediately complete the pendency and exhorted them to work in coordination with their counterparts.
During meeting ARTO, Esha Chib, District Information Officer Ajay Sharma, Chief Education Officer Rampal, XEN PWD, CMO besides other officers from JK police, Traffic Police, MVD were present in the meeting. |
