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24 अगस्त 2024

शिमला शहर में चलाया जाएगा ‘नो हॅार्न’ अभियानः उप-मुख्यमंत्री
प्रदेश में बांटी जाएगी ‘नो हॅार्न’ जागरूकता पुस्तिकाएं


सीमावर्ती क्षेत्रों में सड़क सुरक्षा संबंधी निगरानी के लिए लगाए जाएंगेे सीसीटीवी कैमरे

उप-मुख्यमंत्री मुकेश अग्निहोत्री ने आज यहां हिमाचल परिवहन विकास एवं सड़क सुरक्षा परिषद की समीक्षा बैठक की अध्यक्षता की। बैठक में सड़क सुरक्षा के दृष्टिगत चलाई जा रही विभिन्न गतिविधियों की समीक्षा के साथ-साथ सड़क सुरक्षा से संबंधित व वर्ष 2024-25 की कार्य योजना पर विस्तार से चर्चा की गई।
बैठक में बताया गया कि वर्ष 2024-25 में सड़क सुरक्षा के अंतर्गत 23.92 करोड़ रुपये की राशि परिवहन, पुलिस, स्वास्थ्य, शिक्षा, लोक निर्माण विभाग द्वारा विभिन्न कार्यों पर व्यय की जा रही है। विभाग द्वारा सड़क सुरक्षा प्रकोष्ठ के तहत विभिन्न हितधारक विभागों के माध्यम से चलाई जा रही विभिन्न गतिविधियों के परिणामस्वरूप गत वर्ष सड़क दुर्घटनाओं में 13 प्रतिशत और मुत्यु दर में 14.6 प्रतिशत की कमी दर्ज की गई है।


उप-मुख्यमंत्री व परिषद के अध्यक्ष मुकेश अग्निहोत्री ने निर्देश दिए कि सड़क सुरक्षा के तहत चल रहे विभिन्न कार्यों एवं गतिविधियों को सभी हितधारक विभाग तत्परता से पूर्ण करें और इसकी नियमित तौर पर निगरानी और समीक्षा करना सुनिश्चित करें।
उप-मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि प्रदेश के सीमावर्ती क्षेत्रों विशेष कर पांवटा साहिब से ऊना में सड़क सुरक्षा संबंधी अवैध गतिविधियों पर निगरानी रखने के उद्देश्य से चरणबद्ध तरीके से सीसीटीवी कैमरे लगाए जाएं ताकि सड़क सुरक्षा की दृष्टि से प्रदेश के समीवर्ती क्षेत्रों में अवैध गतिविधियों को रोका जा सके।
यह भी निर्णय लिया गया कि सड़क सुरक्षा के अंतर्गत की जाने वाली सभी गतिविधियों व योजनाओं पर परिवहन विभाग सड़क सुरक्षा प्रकोष्ठ के सूचना पट्ट लगाए जाएं।
बैठक में सर्वोच्च न्यायालय द्वारा सड़क सुरक्षा समिति के अधिनियम व नियम तैयार करने के लिए जारी आदेशों के बारे में भी अवगत करवाया गया। उपमुख्यमंत्री ने निर्देश दिए कि सड़क सुरक्षा अधिनियम तैयार किए जाएं और आवश्यकतानुसार प्रस्ताव लाया जाए। उन्होंने निर्देश दिया कि सड़क सुरक्षा प्रकोष्ठ में तैनात विभिन्न हितधारक विभागों के अधिकारी भी सड़क सुरक्षा के अंतर्गत विभागों द्वारा की जा रही गतिविधियों का नियमित रूप से निरीक्षण एवं निगरानी करना सुनिश्चित करें।
उन्होंने कहा कि सड़क सुरक्षा प्रकोष्ठ को सशक्त करने के लिए स्टाफ की कमी को दूर करने के संबंध में प्रस्ताव भेजा जाए। उन्होंने निर्देश दिए कि शिमला शहर में ध्वनि प्रदूषण पर नियंत्रण के उद्देश्य से ‘नो हॅार्न’ अभियान चलाया जाए व पूरे प्रदेश में भी ‘नो हॅार्न’ जागरूकता पुस्तिकाएं बांटी जाए। बैठक में परिषद के विभिन्न सदस्यों सहित हितधारक विभागों के विभागााध्यक्षों एवं अन्य प्रतिनिधियों ने भाग लिया।

English

Deputy CM emphasizes on complete restriction of Pressure horns.

Directs to prepare Road Safety Act & Rules as per Apex court Recommendations.
The state government is going to launch a special campaign against the prohibited pressure horns creating noise pollution. The Transport department along-with the Police and Environment department will jointly conduct the campaign.
This was stated by the Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri while presiding over the 4th meeting of the H.P. State Transport Development and Road Safety Council, here today.
He said that campaigns and initiatives needs to be launched to create awareness about the effects of the noise pollution which also can lead to various health issues adding that the education department can play a pivotal role in creating mass awareness. He also directed that a “No Horn” campaign should be launched in Shimla city to control noise pollution and that “No Horn” awareness booklets should be distributed throughout the state.
The Deputy Chief Minister directed that all stakeholder departments should take the road safety activities seriously and ensure regular monitoring/review at their level. He also suggested that surveillance cameras should be installed in a phased manner at border areas, especially from Paonta Sahib to Una to monitor and prevent illegal activities related to road safety.
He informed about preparation of the Road Safety Act and Rules to strengthen road safety. He directed that the Road Safety Act should be prepared and proposals should be sent as needed. He also emphasized on strengthening Road Safety Cell.
Discussing the annual action plan for the financial year 2024-25 as per the directions of the Supreme Court the proposals and activities to be included into the action plan has been taken from all the 12 districts Road Safety Committees and were sent to Head of the Departments (HoDs) of respective stakeholder departments viz: Police, Transport, Health, Public Works and Education for compilation. The State Level Managing Committee has accorded in principle approval of Rs 2393 crore lakh with the directions to revise the plan as per the priority and mandate of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCoRS).
Directing for conducting the meeting at least twice in a year, Shri Agnihotri pointed out that steps should be taken to make certification system for fitness of motor vehicles fully automatic and effective. He said the steps needs to be taken rectify all the spots and the senior officers of the council should also go on the spots where repeated accidents take place so as to analyze the exact cause of mishap.
Mukesh Agnihotri said Himachal Pradesh has witnessed reduction in road accidents by 13 percent and fatalities by 14.6 percent respectively during the year 2023 in comparison to 2022. From 1 January till 31 July this year there was 7.7 percent reduction in road accidents, 17.3 percent reduction in deaths and 1.4 percent reduction in injuries.
The district prone to major accidents as per tabulated data was Shimla, followed by Kangra and Mandi. The PWD authorities need to focus themselves more on the black spots and installation of signages besides the gradient of roads and put it in records.
Shri Agnihotri directed to ensure installation of cameras particularly in bordering areas right from Paonta Sahib to Nurpur, which will not only help capturing the overspending but also will be quite fruitful in checking the illegal activities along bordering states. Besides, the laser speed guns to be set up to control rash and drunk and drive.
He also took brief about the crash barriers being installed and directed the officers of all the line departments to visit the accident spots and to the field to conduct inspections.
It was informed in the meeting that the Police department conducted 5.17 lakh challans thereby realizing 19.13 crore from 1 January to July 2024. Besides this, the transport department did 21.565 challans during the corresponding period collecting 4.52 crore. A brief about road network and accident scenario was also discussed in the meeting.
Principal Secretary Transport R.D. Nazeem while briefing on the subject stated that there are sub division committees under the SDM to look into and analyze the accident spots and to report the same as per directions of the Supreme Court. He said that every accident, whether due to mechanical fault or over speed are being properly analyzed by the district road safety committees at sub division level. Directions were given to all the Deputy Commissioners to conduct regular meetings of district road safety committees.
Director Transport D.C Negi conducted the proceeding of the meeting.
Additional Chief Secretary Revenue Onkar Sharma Secretary, Secretary Digital Technologies and Governance, Abhishekh Jain, ADGP Law and Order Abhishekh Trivedi, Managing Director, HRTC Rohan Chand Thakur, Director Environment Science and Technology DC Rana, Director Education Amarjeet Singh, Director Health and Family Welfare Gopal Beri, Director Medical Education Rakesh Sharma, representatives of NHAI were also present on the occasion amongst others.
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