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Centre asks JK Govt to be tough against traffic violators 7/2/2016 11:37:49 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 2: Taking strong note of the increase in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Transport Minister on Saturday asked Jammu and Kashmir government to take stern action against the traffic violators and constitute special checking squads to curb the increasing road accidents. "Road accidents, especially on National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir, are assuming alarming proportions. In every state there are standard rules and instructions for vehicle drivers about how to drive safe in mountainous regions but unfortunately the state of Jammu and Kashmir is not implementing the standard rules for road safeties," according to the sources, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari having said in a high level meeting at New Delhi. The union minister said that the hilly State of Jammu and Kashmir is not the lone example where the National Highway and other link roads pass over hills and gorges. "The authorities in the Jammu and Kashmir should go tough against the traffic violators and should constitute special checking Squads to the increasing road accidents,". Sources said that the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has conducted research on the reasons for increasing road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir and has observed that the lack of education, enforcement, engineering and emergency is the main reasons for the growing accidents. Sources said that the Minister advised Jammu and Kashmir government that Road Safety Council and District Road Safety Committees should be constituted to monitor mandatory safety measures for the vehicles plying on the roads in the State. It is to mention here that the State Government has constituted the Road Safety Council but nobody knows what the Council has been doing. Surprisingly the Transport Department is almost unaware about the Road Safety Council of the State. Reliable sources said as far as the District Safety Committees are concerned, not a single committee has been constituted so far. "The graph of road accidents shows that most of the road accidents happen owing to the fault of the drivers and only few owing to the fault of pedestrians. It means that the transport authorities have to focus on why the drivers are the main cause of accidents and how that situation can be brought under control," one of the official of the government said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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