Doda, April 24; Road Safety in the hilly terrain is the top most priority of the administration to safeguard the precious lives of the commuters. Monthly review on the infrastructure upgradation and measures taken to ensure road safety is being held regularly to sensitise the stakeholders to take appropriate measures at the identified spots along with general safety measures to make the road transportation easier, safers and better.
In this regard Deputy Commissioner Doda Vishesh Mahajan (Chairman DRSC) along with SDM Assar Lekh Raj, GM NHIDCL NS Gill, Tehsildar Assar Fareed Ahmed and other concerned officers inspected the NH244 for its proper maintenance, and upgradation as per the decisions taken in the last District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) meeting. He inspected the Crash barriers installed at the identified black spots and other vulnerable parts of the National Highway from Batote up to Pull Doda.
He has directed for the setting up of new Control and Monitoring Points with all the latest gadgets to measure the speed and other details of the vehicles crossing the point. He has issued instructions to ensure better roads and safer driving on NH 244.
The executing agencies were further directed to install crash barriers at the leftover Black Spots on NH244 immediately along with installation of CCTV cameras on the identified points.
Besides other directions, he has asked to construct parking bays and remove encroachments along the sides of the road.
