DC Kulgam chairs District Road Safety Committee meeting

Kulgam, Jul 25: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Shahzad Alam, Saturday chaired a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee at the DC Office, Kulgam, to finalize the District Road Safety Plan and review measures aimed at improving road safety across the district.
During the meeting, the DC emphasized the urgent onboarding of District Hospital, Sub-District Hospitals (SDHs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) on the e-DAR portal to ensure timely reporting and management of road accident cases.
The DC also stressed the effective implementation of the PM RAHAT scheme to facilitate prompt assistance to accident victims.
The DC issued strict directions to the concerned departments for the implementation of the norms and guidelines of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCoRS) and the Road Safety Policy 2025.
He called for coordinated efforts among all stakeholders to strengthen road safety mechanisms in the district.
Highlighting the importance of engineering interventions, the Deputy Commissioner directed the Roads & Buildings (R&B), PMGSY and other executing agencies to identify and rectify accident-prone, black spots on all roads. He instructed the concerned departments to expedite the installation of crash barriers, road safety signages and speed breakers at vulnerable locations and on roads near schools, hospitals, markets and other sensitive areas to enhance commuter safety and prevent accidents.
Special focus was laid on engineering-based remedial measures, including the identification and rectification of accident-prone black spots on major roads.
The meeting also reviewed the overall road safety scenario in the district and discussed strategies to ensure better traffic management, awareness generation and strict enforcement of road safety regulations.
Among others, the meeting was attended by ACR, Reyaz Ahmad Shah; CPO, Malik Suheel; Tehsildar Kulgam, Nisar Ahmad Wani; Dysp DAR, Mohd Ayoub Rather, ARTO Kulgam, Nasir Ahmad Khan; EO MC Kulgam, Irfan Ahmad; Executive Engineers of R&B and PMGSY.