Face2News/Chandigarh
A meeting of the District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) was held on Mondsy under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner, UT Chandigarh U.T. Chandigarh to discuss various road safety related issues. The meeting was attended by the SSP/Traffic & Security, representatives of UT Engineering Department, Municipal Corporation/Chandigarh, Architect Department, Urban Town Planning Department/UT, representatives of NHAI, STA/Chandigarh, all DSsP/Traffic, Sh. Harman Singh Sidhu, ArriveSafe NGO and Sh. Nirpinder Jain & Rajat Kalsi Road Safety Experts of Chandigarh Road Safety Society (CRSS) among others.
The action taken on the agenda points of the last meeting held was presented to the Committee which includes rectification of black spots with required road furniture and illumination for the benefit for the road users, installation of Traffic Police Assistance Booths, improvement of existing Mid-Block pedestrian crossing for the safety of the pedestrians across the city, earmarking of Pick and Drop Points for Auto Rickshaws on Madhya Marg on a pilot basis, provision of extreme Left lane for buses/trucks/taxis/commercial vehicles on the city roads, physical segregation of cycle tracks marked on main carriageway roads on Purv Marg from Transport Light to Tribune Chowk, provision of spring post at the entry/exit of slip roads for provision of obstruction free left movement and to avoid collusion at the exit of the slip roads on junctions at Madhya Marg as pilot project, installation of strong iron grills at the broken/missing locations on major road carriageways to avoid criss-crossing of road by the pedestrians, non-functioning of street lights in the city.
(SUBHEAD)Apart from the above, fresh agenda items for the meeting were also discussed which includes provision of Jersey Barrier at the roads having congested market and residential area and provision of medians on sectors V-5 roads entry/exit from V-4 road on priority and time bound basis.
The chairman asked the representatives of the stakeholder departments i.e. engineering departments of UT and MCC and Urban Town Planning of CA/UT for giving the timelines regarding completion of important works related to road safety. He further asked the representatives of engineering department so UT and MCC to undertake the work of faded road markings, cycle track markings alongwith pruning of trees covering ATC signal light points and road signages on quarterly basis.
The concerned departments have been asked to implement the decisions taken within stipulated time period on priority basis for the safely of the road users.
