Meeting of the State Level Road Safety Council held under the Chairmanship of Advisor

A meeting of the State Level Road Safety Council under the Chairmanship of the Worthy Advisor to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh to discuss various road safety related issues. The meeting was attended by the Home Secretary-cum-Secretary Transport UT, Finance Secretary-cum-Secretary Engineering, DC/UT, SSP/Traffic, ADC/UT, CA/UT, CE/UT, CE/MC, Director Transport UT, Secretary STA, Town Planner UT and Navdeep Asija, Road Safety & Sustainable Transport Engineer and 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 Council and fresh agenda items for the meeting were discussed.

The focus remained on rectifying the black spots/accident prone areas through intervention such as construction of table-tops, installation of cautionary traffic signages etc. as well as improving the overall visibility on roads for the safety of road users and to prevent road fatalities. Some of the key decisions taken were the approval of Holistic Plan for revitalization of Sector 17, Installation of traffic signage’s of “School Ahead, Pedestrian Zebra Crossing, Silence Zone, Speed signs and No Parking alongwith road marking near Schools /Hospitals in the city, plying of auto rickshaws on slow-carriageways, Notification regarding declaring road stretches namely Madhya Marg from Dhillon Barrier to PGI Chandigarh upto Sarangpur Barrier, on Dakshin Marg from Zirakpur barrier upto Milk Colony Dhanas Light Point, on Udhyog Path from ITI Light Point upto Sector 14/15/24/25 roundabout, on Jan Marg from High Court Chowk upto Sector 42/43-52/53 roundabout, on Himalaya Marg from Sector 4/5/8/9 Chowk upto 51/52 Light Point, on Purv Marg from Bapu Dham Light Point upto Faidan Barrier Light Point and on Sarovar path from dividing road of Sector 5/6 upto Colony No. 5 Light Point as “No Stopping” and “No Parking” Zones, Provision of extreme Left lane for buses/trucks/ taxis /commercial vehicles on the city roads.

Modification in existing notification of Chandigarh Administration regarding wearing of headgear by female rider and pillion rider in Chandigarh, Improvement of existing Mid-Block pedestrian crossing for the safety of the pedestrians across the city, Provision of Lane with Arrow Marking around roundabouts and Arrow Markings on main carriageways before the Stop Lines/Pedestrian Crossings, implementation of Parking Policy and Parking Solution on pilot basis in Sector 35, 22 & 15, distribution of “Differently abled person parking sticker” and to earmark their parking spots, affixing of reflective tapes on all roundabouts/rotaries in the city for better visibility, re-designing of rotaries to minimize the impact of vehicle collision, installation of strong iron grills on dividers of V-2 & V-3 roads to prevent jay walking, illumination of the dark spots in the city, installation of proper warning signages and illumination at pedestrian and cycle crossing paths, strict action against wrong parking on major roads, cycle tracks and pavements etc.