Bhubaneswar: Even though the Supreme Court Committee on the safety of the road ordered all countries to carry out the joint inspection of accident spots by motor vehicle inspectors, police personnel and road engineers, their compliance was lacking in Odisha.
Secretary of State Commerce and Transportation Madhu Sudan Padhi has asked all district collectors, SPS and regional transportation officers to strictly comply with the direction of the Supreme Court’s committee for road safety.
The Department of Transportation has put stress on the behavior of the joint inspection of accident freckles regularly from 1.
“Most districts do not carry out joint inspections to find out the causes of accidents.
Cellular application, namely information management accident on the road, namely the system (hemp) is being developed for submission Online from a shared inspection report from the accident point.
Until Ramis launched, shared inspection reports must be submitted to the Transportation Commissioner and road security wings from the Department of Transportation regularly through the WhatsApp group, “Padhi’s letter said.
Regional transportation officers (RTOS) have been asked to make whatsapp groups by adding police station inspectors, road engineers and motor vehicle inspectors as members to carry out joints about accident spots in their jurisdiction.
The government has asked the authorities worried to carry out shared inspections within 48 hours after receiving daily accident data pacing MONDAR M Bureau of state crime records.
The government said the exact analysis of the accident could be made after the Integrated Road Accident Database (Irad) project was launched in Odisha.
The World Bank funded project, which is being carried out by the Ministry of Road Transportation and Highway throughout the country, is intended to analyze the causes of road accidents and develop steps to reduce mortality.
The ministry has launched an IT-based solution in six states – Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
After being launched, the Ministry of Transportation and the Highway will provide funds to the state government to buy a tablet for a police station to capture spot accident data by using the IRAD Mobile application.
This data can be used to find the causes of accidents and improvement measures to improve road infrastructure, to record accident data for police use, health services and other related departments.