Officers in Yamunanagar asked to identify new black spots to curb accidents

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ayush Sinha has asked officers of the district administration to identify new black spots and accident-prone places so that road accidents can be reduced in the district.

Chairing a meeting of the Road Safety Committee in the district secretariat in Jagadhri today, ADC Ayush Sinha issued necessary guidelines to officers in connection with road safety.

He directed the officers to give priority to the repair of roads to reduce road accidents besides repairing traffic lights and street lights on main roads as soon as possible.

He also called for installation of traffic lights at Vishwakarma Chowk in Yamunanagar.

“At this meeting, road and traffic rules were discussed in detail and necessary guidelines were given to the officials concerned so that road accidents can be reduced and lives of people can be saved,” said Sinha.

He said that the officials concerned should ensure that the youths did not drive after consuming alcohol and took legal action as per rules to stop all these.

He said that information boards should be installed on under-construction roads to make drivers cautious.

The ADC also instructed all drivers to install reflector tapes to avoid accidents due to fog.

He said that it was the sugarcane season and reflector tapes should be installed on all trolleys of sugarcane.

“Blinkers have been installed at Chhabra Hospital, Santosh Hospital, Lal Dwara and the Chaneti road in the district. I also told officials to install blinkers near Buria Chowk and Samta Yog Ashram in Jagadhri,” said ADC Ayush Sinha.

He directed officers to install speed breakers on the T-point road of sector-18 and speed limit boards, besides putting reflector tapes on electric poles and trees.

“When a person loses life in a road accident, his family has to face challenges throughout the life,” he said.

He called for the presence of traffic police at Kanhaiya Sahib Chowk and installation of a signboard, stating 'drive slowly' near Lal Dang on the Paonta Sahib road.

SDM, Radaur, Jai Prakash; SDM, Bilaspur, Jaspal Singh Gill, SDM, Chhachhrauli, Rohit Kumar; CEO, Zila Parishad, Virendra Singh Dhul; CTM Piyush Gupta; Secretary RTA-cum-District Transport Officer Hairatjeet Kaur; DSP Kanwaljit Singh; GM, Roadways, Sanjay Rawal; District Education Officer Dharmendra Chaudhary, DIPRO Manoj Kumar and other officers were present in the meeting.