Poonch, Feb 11: Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Inder Jeet on Saturday said that road safety awareness activities must be taken up in schools and adjacent areas through already constituted road safety clubs. He also said that road safety signs must be erected near all educational institutions to ensure the safety of students.
The DC while chairing a meeting of members of the District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) directed the engineering wing to take corrective action on identified black spots. He said that awareness activities must be taken up in schools and adjacent areas through already constituted road safety clubs. He said that road safety signs must be erected near all educational institutions to ensure the safety of students.
ARTO, Basharat Mahmood briefed about various road safety measures being taken in the district which include identification of black spots to prevent accidents, imposition of fines on violators and the constitution of DRSC. He informed about the agenda-wise details of the work of the Road Safety Committee in the district.
The DC stressed identification and positive interventions to reduce the frequency of accidents in the district. He said that traffic, transport and health departments need to evolve an integrated plan to ensure that in case of an accident, all efforts must be made that medical help is provided to the victim within the golden hour. The meeting was informed that 108 ambulance services shall be started on Mughal Road.
The DC made it clear that there shall be zero tolerance towards overloading. He said that especially in the case of school buses, overloading endangers the life of students and heavy penalties must be imposed on violators as a preventive measure.
