Black spots are brief stretches on a street the place accidents and fatalities repeatedly happen. (Image for illustration: PTI)
All regional officers of the ministry of street transport and highways have entry to particulars for working on remedial measures, primarily based on firsthand evaluation of causes behind the accident or fatalities
The ministry of street transport and highways has empowered regional officers to take advance measures on accident websites primarily based on police reviews, “without waiting for converting them into black spots after accidents”.
In a letter to state incharges coping with freeway initiatives, the ministry mentioned the proposals for speedy short-term rectification measures of the accident spots reported by the police on-line could also be taken up and sanctioned by the regional officers (RO) at their very own stage.
Last month, News18 had reported in regards to the ministry’s on-line portal to fast-track identification of black spots and corrective measures. With the assistance of the portal – Electronic-detailed Accident Report (eDAR) – the ministry has managed to determine black spots in simply three months as in contrast to 4 to 5 years earlier than.
The letter additional mentioned all accident knowledge, at current, is being recorded by the native police on the eDAR platform. All the ROs have entry to these particulars for figuring out an motion plan for remedial measures primarily based on the firsthand evaluation of the explanations behind an accident or fatalities.
“…the proposals for immediate short-term rectification measures of these accident spots reported on eDAR platform may also be taken up and sanctioned by the ROs at their own level out of provisions of contingencies of ongoing or any other NH work in the state concerned as per guidelines issued…” the letter said.
Black spots are often brief stretches on a street the place accidents and fatalities repeatedly happen. These spots are created on the street community due to various causes, together with commissions and omissions in improvement initiatives and modifications within the roadside atmosphere. They additionally seem due to modifications in developmental eventualities within the area, together with unplanned and unauthorised constructions on and close to the street.
With these steps, the ministry is aiming at sooner motion to repair points associated to street design that trigger accidents and deaths. According to the ministry’s newest accident report – Road Accidents in India 2022 – 4.61 lakh street accidents have been reported in 2022, killing 1.68 lakh folks and injuring 4.43 lakh.
