GUWAHATI: Total number of road accidents in Assam has reduced by 25.15 per cent and the number of deaths have come down by 2.74 per cent in the past one year, this was revealed during a meeting of the State Road Safety Council, under the chairmanship of Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Monday, July 8.
In the discussion, the council was appraised that the total number of accidents and fatalities from April to May, 2018 were 1830 and 548, which have come down to 1370 ( - 25.15%) and 533 ( - 2.74%) from April – May, 2019 respectively.
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The road accident data of 2018 show that 3963 accidents (48.05%), 3389 injuries (45.95%) and 1541 fatalities (51.95%) occurred in the National Highways. In this regard, Patowary directed the officials of NHAI and NHIDCL to make rumble strips in the identified Black Spots as well at the junctions of State Highways and National Highways, with adequate signages and lighting, to reduce the fatality figures.
The minister stated that all district hospitals and sub-divisional hospitals will be designated as Trauma Care Centre and the doctors and paramedic staff will be trained through AIIMS, New Delhi to cater to the emergency services.
Further, Commissioner, Transport, Virendra Mittal proposed several measures as part of a roadmap for road safety in the state. He informed the Council that Automated Driving Testing Track (ADTT) will be established in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Nalbari, Jorhat, etc. 348 numbers of e-Challan devices are being procured by the Transport Department. A pilot project will be undertaken in Kamrup district before statewide roll-out.