Chief Secretary Sri Somesh Kumar,IAS
held a wrap up meeting with the team of World Bank and Officers of the
concerned departments on Road Safety at BRKR Bhavan 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.
Mr. Arnab
Bandyopadhyay, World Bank, Lead Transport, Mr. Venkat Rao, World Bank, Senior
Social Specialist, Ms Vijetha Bezzam, World Bank, Transport Specialist, Mr
Krishnan Srinivasan, World Bank,Technical Consultant, Mr Rajat Bhushan, MoRTH,
PwC Senior Associate, Ms Aditi Gupta, MoRTH , PwC Associate, Ms Aastha Arora,
World Bank, Health Care Consultant and Sri Ravi Gupta,IPS, Principal Secretary,
Home, Dr.Jitender,IPS, Addl. DGP L&O, Sri Sandeep Shandilya,IPS, Addl. DGP,
Railways & Road Safety, Sri S.A.M.Rizvi,IAS, Secretary , Health, Sri
K.Sreenivasa Raju,IAS, Secretary, T R&B, Smt. Viziendra Boyi, IAS, Special
Secretary, TR&B, Sri M.R.M. Rao, Commissioner, Transport, Sri Ravinder Rao,
EnC, State Roads, Sri I.Ganapathi Reddy, EnC National Highways, Dr.K.Ramesh
Reddy, Director of Medical Education were present.