Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, July 3: The Regional Transport Authority Kathua today issued 72 new route permits at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kumar.
In the meeting, the concerned authorities were asked to identify the overcrowded and dry routes to maintain a balance between the requirement and availability of transport.
RTO was directed to enforce upon the drivers to wear uniform while driving and devising a mechanism for implementing ticketing in private transport.
Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner, Kathua chaired a meeting of District Road Safety Committee wherein several important decisions were taken with regard to traffic regulation, identification of parking and implementation of effective road safety mechanism.
The DC issued instructions for adopting to adopt a multi-pronged strategy for awareness, enforcement, engineering and emergency care to improve safety on roads as recommended by the National Road Safety Policy 2010 and directions of Supreme Court.
The DC directed the RTO, Traffic Department and the Police to check the overloading in passenger vehicles particularly during the peak hours. He stressed on organizing mass awareness programs regarding traffic rules and regulations. He directed authorities of National Highway Authority of India, BRO and PWD to ensure Highway Patrol with provision of crane, installation of signboards, blinkers in accident prone areas and cleaning of bushes/vegetation on national highway.
The DC also directed revenue authorities to identify land for construction of wayside amenities to be developed by National Highway Authority of India.
The DC also issued directions to SDMs to mobilize Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildars to enforce the traffic regulations and book the offenders for violation of Motor Vehicles Act, in their respective jurisdictions for which powers have already been delegated to them by Transport Department.
SSP Kathua, ADC, DC Excise Lakhanpur, SDMs, SP Traffic, CMO, CEO, ARTO, Engineers, representative of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), GREF and NYK were present.
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