Ramban:- House Panel of Legislative Assembly has stressed on prompt and fair implementation of road safety measures to check incidence of road mishaps in erstwhile Doda district.
The Committee which convened a meeting of senior officers here today, highlighted the pressing and urgent need for putting in place short-term measures like installing crash barriers, checking over-loading and rash driving setting up of transport work shop to ensure safety of passengers. Defaulting drivers need to be dealt with sternly, it maintained.
The Committee expressed concern over the frequency of road accidents and asked the concerned agencies to address the issue on priority. “Safeguarding human life must receive focussed attention”, the Committee observed.
MLA, Inderwal, G.M. Saroori, MLA Ramban, Ashok Kumar, MLC Naresh Gupta, DIG Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban, M. K. Sinha, DIG Traffic, Danish Rana, Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar Anil Magotra and senior officers of Transports, Road and Buildings and beacons were present in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the chairman of the Committee, M.Y.Tarigami asked police and traffic authorities to activate their ground functionaries to check negligent driving, over-loading, usage of mobile phones and other offenses. He said these offences have been identified as major causes for spurt in road accidents over the years.
He said while the Committee is in the process of compiling comprehensive report, short-term suggestions as conveyed to the concerned agencies call for immediate and fair implementation with perceptible results at the ground level. He also highlighted the need to amend Motor Vehicle Act to impose heavy fines on drivers for violating traffic rules.
The Committee which convened a meeting of senior officers here today, highlighted the pressing and urgent need for putting in place short-term measures like installing crash barriers, checking over-loading and rash driving setting up of transport work shop to ensure safety of passengers. Defaulting drivers need to be dealt with sternly, it maintained.
The Committee expressed concern over the frequency of road accidents and asked the concerned agencies to address the issue on priority. “Safeguarding human life must receive focussed attention”, the Committee observed.
MLA, Inderwal, G.M. Saroori, MLA Ramban, Ashok Kumar, MLC Naresh Gupta, DIG Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban, M. K. Sinha, DIG Traffic, Danish Rana, Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar Anil Magotra and senior officers of Transports, Road and Buildings and beacons were present in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the chairman of the Committee, M.Y.Tarigami asked police and traffic authorities to activate their ground functionaries to check negligent driving, over-loading, usage of mobile phones and other offenses. He said these offences have been identified as major causes for spurt in road accidents over the years.
He said while the Committee is in the process of compiling comprehensive report, short-term suggestions as conveyed to the concerned agencies call for immediate and fair implementation with perceptible results at the ground level. He also highlighted the need to amend Motor Vehicle Act to impose heavy fines on drivers for violating traffic rules.
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