RAMBAN, MAY 17: District Magistrate, Ramban, Mussarat Islam today chaired the meeting of District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) to review the implementation of road safety measures to minimize road accidents, spreading awareness about road safety, safety audit and improvement of roads in the district.Among others, the meeting was attended by Additional SP, Gourav Mahajan; CPO, Dr. Kasturi Lal; ARTO, Samrinder Singh; Chief Education Officer, Devanand; Executive Engineers PWD and PMGSY, and officers form National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), besides other Committee members.The DM directed Traffic Police, and NHAI to keep close check on speeding and violation of traffic rules and take strict actions against the violators in coordination with the Motor Vehicle Department. He also directed them to install CCTV cameras at all vulnerable locations and install lights to tackle emergency situations.The PWD and PMGSY departments were asked to conduct an annual road audit and submit the report while the ARTO was asked to conduct checking drives on National Highway and link roads across the district especially to check plying of oversized vehicles. He also directed the concerned to provide road accident data every month.Stressing the need for organizing awareness camps regarding road safety by the health and education departments, the DM directed all the stakeholders to upload the data on the IRAD portal immediately after the road accident by visiting the place of occurrence to maintain the essence and utility of the application.
