A meeting of the District Road Safety Society meeting was held on Tuesday at Chhatrapur under the chairmanship of Collector, Ganjam, Dibyajyothi Parida to discuss issues related to road safety, condition of roads and enforcement activities, etc.
Parida ordered to develop a framework to improve infrastructure of accident prone areas of different roads. He urged to convert the routes of Ganjam district into safe roads for commuters. The Collector also asked officials to take steps to reduce road accidents in Ganjam.
He advised to identify accident prone areas by a joint committee and also make arrangements for quick arrival of ambulance, check helmet wearing and drunk driving, besides action against violators such as suspending driving licence. He also stressed on increasing installation of road safety signs on strategic points and light facility on roads.
The NH authority urged the officials to give more attention to accident prone areas on NH roads. Berhampur Municipality Corporation Mayor Sanghamitra Dalei was felicitated with cash prize and memento for her quick help to several accident victims while Abinash Panigrahi, a local denizen of Brahmapur, received cash prize and memento for his social work. Mayor Dalei donated her cash money to the District Red Cross fund.
RTO Ganjam Manas Ranjan Sahu, Ganjam Sub Collector Prassana Kumar Patra, BeMC Additional Commissionor Nila Madhab Bhoi, MVI Rabindra Kumar Jena, RTO Bhanjanagar SR Roy, all executive officers of NACs and Municipalities of Ganjam district, Bus Association members and many district level officers attended.