Kailash Gahlot reviews redevelopment of Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan ISBTs
The ISBTs will act as "Travel Port" facilitating the integration of entries to RRTS, Metro, ISBT and railway stations.
The Delhi government on Monday held wide-range of discussions on the draft of road safety policy for the national capital.
The discussions were part of the second meeting of the reconstituted Delhi road safety council. The meeting was chaired by the Transport Minister, Kailash Gahlot and was attended by officials, academicians and experts from organisations and think tanks working on road safety and sustainable transportation.
Several valuable suggestions were received at the road safety council meeting to ensure that Delhi government adopts a progressive policy that can lay the foundation for it to emerge as the safety Indian city for road users in next five years.
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A key suggestion recommended by several members at the meeting, including academic experts from IIT Delhi and school of planning and architecture (SPA), was to strengthen the road safety cell in the transport department so that it becomes capable of conducting scientific crash investigations and using rigorous data to identify the root causes behind road crashes in Delhi.
It was also decided at the meeting to adopt comprehensive guidelines to ensure district road safety committees in Delhi ~which are headed by the respective district magistrates~ meet regularly and are able to efficiently discharge their duties.
As per the directions issued by the Supreme Court, the road safety council of each state has to mandatorily meet at least twice a year.
Delhi figures as among the most unsafe cities in India for road users. In 2016, 7375 fatal road crashes occurred in Delhi in which 7,154 people were injured and 1,591 people lost their lives.
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