Odisha govt stresses on joint inspection of road accident spots
BHUBANESWAR: Even though the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety ordered all states to conduct joint inspection of accident spots by the motor vehicle inspectors, police personnel and road engineers, its compliance is lacking in Odisha.
The state commerce and transport secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi has asked all district collectors, SPs and regional transport officers to strictly comply with the directive of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. The transport department has laid stress on the conduct of joint inspection of accident spots on regular basis from August 1.
“Most districts are not conducting the joint inspection to find out the causes of the accidents. A mobile App, namely road accident management of information system (RAMIS) is being developed for online submission of the joint inspection reports of the accident spots. Until RAMIS is rolled out, the joint inspection reports should be submitted to the transport commissioner and road safety wing of the transport department regularly through WhatsApp group,” Padhi’s letter said.
Regional transport officers (RTOs) have been asked to create WhatsApp groups by adding inspectors of police stations, road engineers and motor vehicle inspectors as members for conducting joint inspection of the accident spots in their jurisdictions. The government has asked the concerned authorities to conduct the joint inspections within 48 hours after receiving the daily accident data from the state crime records bureau.
The government said proper analysis of the accidents can be done once the Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) project in launched in Odisha. The World Bank funded project, which is being executed by the ministry of road transport and highways across the country, is aimed at analysing the causes of road accidents and devising measures to cut down the fatality rate. The ministry already rolled out the IT-based solution in six states – Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
Once launched, the ministry of road transport and highways will provide funds to the state government to purchase tablets for the police stations for capturing the spot accident data by using the IRAD mobile App. This data can be used for finding the causes of the accidents and remedial measures to improve the road infrastructure, to record the accidents data for the use of police, health services and other concerned departments.
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