Road Safety
Recently DC Srinagar chaired District Road Safety Committee and District Level Monitoring Committee meeting.
He emphasised on proper traffic regulation, pedestrian friendly roads, erection of signages & removal of encroachments to save human lives.
He discussed threadbare remedial measures to prevent ‘Hit and Run’ cases in the district which includes awareness campaigns, proper regulation of traffic, pedestrian friendly roads, erection of signages especially at black spots, illumination at cut spots, removal of encroachments, etc
The SSP Traffic City and Regional Transport Officer Kashmir briefed the chair regarding the statistics of road fatalities and causes.
It was informed that already 14 black spots have been identified in the Srinagar District which are prone to accidents.
Speaking on the occasion, he directed the enforcement agencies to impart road safety awareness among common people, which shall play a key role in minimizing the number of accidents.
He instructed for the constitution of a Committee which shall submit suggestions/ resolutions for rectification of already identified black spots within Srinagar City in a week’s time. Besides, he also instructed the Road Construction agencies to take short term as well as long term remedial measures to rectify black spots
The Chairman directed the Road Construction agencies to carry out road safety audit of all black spots in the Srinagar city
