Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCoRS) Secretary Sanjay Mital is on a five-day visit to Odisha to assess the compliance of Supreme Court guidelines on road safety in the State.
Mital held a meeting with members of lead agency on road safety here on Tuesday and lauded the efforts taken by Odisha to curb road accidents in the State.
He particularly appreciated State’s effort to map and integrate emergency services. All Government ambulances are mapped with trauma care centres and 108 Ambulance services. Command and Control Centre for ambulance network has been established. All emergency services like ambulance, police and Fire Services are integrated under one number 112 to provide immediate help to the victims.
Mital also praised the Suvahak initiative to train heavy vehicle drivers and Rakshak Junior initiative to train National Cadet Corps (NCC) volunteers as first responders for road accident victims.
SCCoRS Secretary appreciated the strict enforcement measures implemented by the State Government. The Transport Department in collaboration with Odisha Police is observing every Tuesday as zero tolerance day against traffic rule violations.
Earlier, Mital earlier visited Puri and Ganjam district and conducted meetings with officials of stakeholder departments in both the districts.
He specifically visited National Highway 316 (Bhubaneswar-Puri) and NH 16 (Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur) and suggested corrective measures on both the stretches. Corrective measures on NH 316 includes removal of encroachments, rectification of black spots, implementation of IEMS or camera-based enforcement in all the major junctions between Puri and Bhubaneswar, closure of all illegal medians and adequate lighting on the NH-316.