Identify accident-prone areas, implement safety steps, Hassan DC tells officials
Hassan: Deputy commissioner C Satyabhama directed the officials concerned to identify accident-prone areas and implement necessary safety measures to prevent road accidents in the district.
The DC presided over the district road safety committee meeting. She emphasised reviewing last year's accident locations and ensuring that precautions are taken to prevent accidents in identified black spots. She also instructed officials to identify and monitor new black spots.
The DC directed the municipal commissioner to identify alternative locations for markets to prevent accidents occurring in current market areas.
With a high number of accidents occurring on national highways, she advised NHAI officials to take precautionary measures and manage the roads properly. The DC instructed officials from NHAI, public works, National Highways, and State Highways to separately identify black spots prone to accidents.
NHAI officials were directed to ensure that ambulances face no obstacles at tolls.
Satyabhama also emphasised the need for police station officers and village panchayat PDOs within these areas to be informed, and she instructed police department officials to address the issue of haphazard vehicle parking. The KSRTC divisional officer was instructed to take steps to train bus drivers to strictly adhere to traffic rules. The district health and family welfare officer was directed to install GPS in ambulances.
Zilla panchayat deputy secretary Chandrashekhar, executive engineer of the public works department Girish, regional transport officer Raj Kumar, municipal commissioner Ramesh, and other officials were present.
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