Director general of police, Deoraj Nagar, showed his concern over increasing deaths in road mishaps.
He stressed on improving the traffic situation by upgrading the knowledge of cops and making them more vigilant regarding traffic laws. Citing the figure of 15500 deaths every year in road mishaps in the State, Deoraj Nagar said that this number will be further increased due to growing traffic congestion on roads with every passing year.
In a circular send to all district police chiefs as well as other senior officers of the State here on Wednesday evening. DGP said that to put a check on loss of human life, the sleuths of the traffic department needs to be more vigilant about traffic laws and they should be also alerts to get the norms follow strictly by every
commuter. DGP said that seminars and discussions should be organized by the department from time to time to train more and more personnel of the police department regarding traffic rules so there services can be taken later on traffic management. Similar seminars should be also held to trained the drivers particularly involved in plying commercial or public transport in the districts.
Deoraj Nagar said that besides casualties in road mishaps, violation of traffic rules also led to regular traffic chaos and blockades posing a serious problems for regular commuters who get late to reach offices or to other destinations. He said that it also unnecessary waste precious time of the citizens. DGP claimed that it was responsibility of the traffic police to facilitate proper services on roads so that people should get rid of their daily problems ofcommuting safely and timely. However, he said that it was impossible for the cops alone to tackle the above situation so efforts should be made to make people more aware of traffic laws and to make them realize to follow them for their own comfort. Besides senior officers should also identify individuals or non-government organizations to influence and trained them so that they could come forward and assist the authorities in manning the smooth flow of traffic.
Director General of Police further said that the Traffic directorate should also ensure that all the gadgets which included electronic traffic signals should function properly so smooth traffic flow could be regularized. He also claimed that project of installing close circuit television cameras at prime locations and important crossings should be completed in time so it could help the cops in identifying the traffic rule violaters and subsequently to fine them or taking legal action. He claimed that till the entire department will not made concentrated efforts in traffic management, congestion & blockades or casualties on roads could not be checked.