Lucknow: Sustainable efforts by the government have led to a reduction of 23% in injuries caused by accidents on the road, while 20% reduction in road accidents and 16% in death compared to numbers recorded in 2019 and 2020.
Senior police officers said it was in the chairman Minister of Guidelines Yogi Adityanath Special efforts have been made for systematic traffic management throughout the state.
As a result, there was a reduction in road accidents, death and injury by 2020 compared to 2019.
Additional head secretary, home, Kumar Awasthi said that the government had made efforts to create a traffic unit from the state police warnings and active and provide the necessary resources.
The number of traffic personnel has been upgraded from 5,080 to 10,080 in the past year.
Accident-prone sites have been identified as black spots and steps have begun to ensure better coordination with the transportation department.
Director General of Police Additional Police, Traffic Directorate, Jyoti Narayan said that the intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) has been common in ten countries, including Lucknow, Kanpur, Prasagraj, Varanasi, Agra, Moradabad, Saharapur, and Jhan.
Apart from this, while in the process of six districts, including Gorakhpur, Firozabad, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, Ayodhya and Meerut.
The officer also said that the integrated control command center was being established in the district which has an integrated traffic management system.
“Vehicles that violate traffic rules are being challenged,” he added.