Hyderabad, Dec.17 (Maxim News): Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, held a wrap up meeting with the team of World Bank and Officers of the concerned departments on Road Safety at BRKR Bhavan here today.
Chief Secretary said that several measures have been taken by the State Government to prevent accidents and minimize the accidental deaths. He said that Transport and Police Departments jointly conducting Road Safety Weeks to create awareness to drivers on over speeding. He said that more focus is laid on road discipline among drivers and pedestrians. He said that the Government is developed certain APPs and installed CC Cameras to monitor Road Safety measures.
Government is giving high priority providing timely medical care to the accident victims. Roads, Transport, Police and Health Departments are working collectively to implement the Road Safety and minimize the fatalities in Road Accidents. Further, he said that it is a great opportunity to work with the World Bank Team to improve the Road Standards and minimize the accidents.
The World Bank Team explained about the key themes like Road Engineering, Vehicle Safety and Driver Training, Enforcement and Post Crash Care as part of the implementation of the program. The World Bank allocated Rs.6725 Crore funds to 14 States in the country on the basis of fatalities,
registered vehicles and length of road network. As part of this program World Bank allocated Rs.320 Crore to Telangana.
Arnab Bandyopadhyay, World Bank, Lead Transport, Venkat Rao, World Bank, Senior Social Specialist, Vijetha Bezzam, World Bank, Transport Specialist, Krishnan Srinivasan, World Bank,Technical Consultant, Rajat Bhushan, MoRTH, PwC Senior Associate, Aditi Gupta, MoRTH ,
PwC Associate, Aastha Arora, World Bank, Health Care Consultant and Ravi Gupta, Principal Secretary, Home, Dr.Jitender,IPS, Addl. DGP L&O, Sandeep Shandilya, Addl. DGP, Railways &; Road Safety, S.A.M.Rizvi, Secretary , Health, K.Sreenivasa Raju, Secretary, T R&B, Viziendra
Boyi, Special Secretary, TR&B, M.R.M. Rao, Commissioner, Transport, Ravinder Rao, EnC, State Roads, I. Ganapathi Reddy, EnC National Highways, Dr.K.Ramesh Reddy, Director of Medical Education were present. (Maxim News)
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