The police, transport and revenue departments will have to undertake co-ordinated measures to effectively mitigate road accidents in Uttarakhand, said Chief Minister Harish Rawat. The CM gave this instruction after visiting the persons injured in the accident which took place at Chaudighatti in Almora district on Wednesday.
Rawat said that the officials concerned are responsible for increasing the assurance of safety in the Yatra by mitigating road accidents. The responsibility of the official should also be ascertained for this.
Apart from visiting the persons injured in this accident, the CM also met the empathised with the kinfolk of those who died in the mishap. He also directed the District Magistrate to arrange treatment of the seriously injured victims in the Sushila Tiwari Government hospital in Haldwani and in case this is not possible, they should be taken to the Jolly Grant hospital by helicopter facilitated by the State administration.
Rawat also announced immediate provision of Rs one lakh each in ex-gratia to dependents of the accident fatalities while also directed officials to ensure full treatment of the injured.
The CM was accompanied on his visit to this area by the Vidhan Sabha speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal, Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay, Congress office bearers and officials of the police and district administration.