Chandigarh, Feb 17 (UNI) Emphasizing that all departments concerned should make concerted efforts to achieve a 50 per cent reduction target in road fatalities and injuries in line with the 'Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030' by the UN, Punjab Transport Minister Razia Sultana directed the officials to rectify all the black spots in the state as black spot management is crucial for road safety to save the precious human lives from road accidents
Addressing the concluding day event of the National Road Safety Month (January 18 to February 17) here on Wednesday, the Minister asked the officials that a dedicated lane should be designated for heavy vehicles and to avert the road fatalities tipper, trailers and other heavy duty vehicles should not be parked on the road sides.
She also directed traffic police to initiate a special drive for checking of driving licences of heavy vehicle drivers. “We should shun the behavior of “celebrate and forget” approach. The Road Safety campaign should not be confined to just a month. The awareness activities should be carried on with the same zeal beyond the month”, she added.
"The exercise of identifying the new black spots in Punjab will be completed in the next six months, said Traffic Advisor Dr Navdeep Asija, adding that Punjab has identified 391 Accidental Black Spots in 12 districts, out of total 391 black spots, 264 black spots are on National Highways, 64 black spots are on State Highways/ ODR/MDR, 6 black spots are on Link roads, 54 black spots are on Municipal roads and 3 black Spots on other roads.
"For each of the police district, he said, the list of 1st order, 2nd order, 3rd order, 4th order and 5th order black spots identified as part of scientific study "Accident Black Spot Identification & Rectification Program on Various Highways/Roads of Punjab” out of which 100 black spots on National Highways have been rectified and 32 on State Roads are under improvement implementation. Punjab is the first state in the northern region to complete this exercise at this scale," he remarked.
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