GUWAHATI: State Transport Minister and State Road Safety Council (SRSC) Chairman Chandra Mohan Patowary reviewed the action taken by the stakeholders on implementation of road safety laws for improvement of road safety in the State on Tuesday.
The officials updated the Minister that rumble strips with solar blinkers and road markings have been laid at many places, including Tetelia Tri-junction on NH-37, median opening near Raddison Blu, near Excel Care Hospital and Somnath Temple, tri-junction point of Assam Engineering College, median opening near Banekuchi School and Bazar near Nalbari, NH-37.
Meanwhile, projects for flyovers in vulnerable areas like Basistha Chariali, Garchuk, Lokhra, BRPL – Bongaigaon and Dibrugarh have been approved and construction will begin soon.
Minister Patowary asked Adil Khan, Commissioner, Transport to instruct deputy commissioners, superintendent of police along with the District Transport Officers to conduct awareness campaigns like street plays in the vulnerable areas to sensitize the local people on road safety. Deepak Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (T&AP) said that traffic police and a pool of volunteers would be trained as first responders at the accident sites. He also added that 84 existing police stations, police outposts in the entire stretch of national and state highways would be integrated with CCTVs, interceptors and laser speed guns as enforcement measures, a press release said.