Haryana Chief Secretary, Keshni Anand Arora on Monday said that the 'Haryana Vision Zero' programme, which was started to reduce the death rate in road accidents in the state, has reduced the
road accidents by almost seven percent
Speaking in the Haryana Vision Zero-Institutionalizing Road Safety function organized here, sShe said Chief Minister Manohar Lal has lauded the stakeholders for successfully implementing the Haryana Vision Zero Program in the state.
During the program, the message of the Chief Minister was also shown. The website of Haryana Vision Zero was launched by Arora and those, who did excellent work under Haryana Vision Zero, were also honored.
The chief secretary said that according to a survey, the death rate in road accidents in rural areas is high as compared to urban areas, for which relevant departments will have to take strict measures together.
She directed the Police and Health Departments to provide data of road accidents so that the reasons of the accidents could be ascertained, adding that in order to stop the occurrence of accidents, there is a need to speed up the steps in this direction which include locating the roads in need of repair, making separate lines for cyclists, road for pedestrians and installation of CCTV cameras for safety.
Additional Chief Secretary, Transport Department, T.C. Gupta said that the Haryana Vision Zero program was started by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal in Gurugram on May 3, 2017. For this, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Haryana Government, NASSCOM and the World Resources Institute. In the first phase, from May 2017 to December 2018 Haryana Vision Zero program was started in 10 districts, after which the program has been implemented in all 22 districts in the second phase from January 2019.
It was also informed that 230 people were saved in the first phase of the Program. Road safety audits have been done for 6554 kilometers of roads, 1386 crash investigations were done and 141 District Road Safety Committees meetings were held.
Director General of Police, Manoj Yadava said that 75 per cent of the people killed in road accidents are between 12 to 35 years of age, adding that the average speed of vehicles in Haryana is very high and the Police Department has been working to put a check on it.