The Haryana police have decided to set up one traffic police station and two assistance booths in Gurugram on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway for managing the 52-km operational stretch between Manesar and Palwal. It is 135-km long and the remaining 83 km is likely to be operational by December
2018. The KMP Expressway passes through Gurugram, Palwal, Mewat and Sonepat districts.
Apart from this, patrolling vehicles and over-speeding detection cameras will also be set up on the operationalstretch. The traffic police have also earmarked spots where these booths will be established. The booths will be set up at a gap of 12 kilometres.
According to the plan, specially trained police personnel will be deployed at these booths and they will assist in traffic management as well as in getting timely aid for the accident victims. They will be trained to attend emergency or trauma victims, operate basic life support system with the help of first aid for basic emergencies.
They will have specially designed fully-equipped uniforms and motorbikes fitted with first-aid kit, walky-talky, torch and other accessories.
"We would like to give seamless journey to the commuters on the Expressway. We will deploy trained police personnel who will assist the victims on a priority basis. Any negligence on their part will be viewed seriously," Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Manish Sehgal, said.
"The commuters can also approach the booths and inform about any problem that they face. Those manning police booths on KMP Expressway booths will inform nearest police station for help," he said.
As per the State Government's plan, in the first phase, one police station and three police assistance booths would be set up in Palwal district, and one police station and six police assistance booths in Mewat district along the completed stretch of KMP Expressway.
In the second phase, Apart from Gurugram, one police station, one police post and two police assistance booths each would be established in Jhajjar and Sonepat districts.