The Traffic Directorate claimed to have taken several steps which yielded positive results, slashing the death toll in road mishaps by 19.56 per cent in 2020, as compared to the casualties reported in Uttar Pradesh in 2019.
“On the instructions of the Chief Minister, special efforts were made for systematic traffic management across the state. As a result, there has been a reduction of 19.56 percent in road accidents in 2020 as compared to 2019, 22.54 percent in the number of injured and 15.48 percent in the number of dead in road accidents”, asserted Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi on Monday.
Speaking to mediapersons, Awasthi said that the Government made efforts to make the traffic unit of UP Police agile and provide necessary resources. “The number of traffic personnel has been increased from 5080 to 10,080 (nearly doubled). Accident prone sites were identified as black spots and accordingly, action has been taken to rectify them in coordination with the Transport department. During the present regime, Traffic police have so far received Body Worn Camera 1738, Breath Analyzer with Printer 1976, Car Dashboard Camera / Tow Vehicle Camera 186, Smart Phone / Tablet 4102, Speed Radar Gun 171, Thermal Printer 3790, Spring Post 10346, Loud halter 287, Bollard cone 5907, Iron barrier 6511, Digital video camera 91, Folding barrier 5932, Wheel clamp 921, Delineator 8023, Reflective raincoat 3497, Safety gloves 3307, Safety helmet 3371 etc. Useful materials have been provided. Besides, the Integrated Road Accident Database System of Government of India has been implemented across the state.”
Additional DG, Traffic, Jyoti Narayan informed that Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) was prevalent in ten districts of the state namely Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Moradabad, Saharanpur and Jhansi respectively.