The Punjab and Haryana High Court today
directed Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to come up with road safety
policies for applying brakes to increasing road mishaps and traffic
mismanagement.
The High Court also directed them to re-organise road safety councils within four months. Each council shall constitute of at least 10 experts in the field of road safety. The High Court has made it clear that the council should not comprise babus with no relevant experience.
The directions came after the High Court took suo motu notice of a letter by Vice-Chairman of Road Safety Council, Kamaljeet Soi, following an accident in which 13 schoolchildren were killed near Nakodar in Jalandhar.
Soi had written: “Many parents are unaware. The school managements, transporters, transport departments, district transport officers (DTOs), road transport authorities and motor vehicle inspectors (MVIs) are culprits for not implementing road safety guidelines set by the Supreme Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In any accident involving a school bus with children fatalities, the DTOs/MVIs should be given exemplary punishment. Surely they have not done their job.”
The High Court also directed them to re-organise road safety councils within four months. Each council shall constitute of at least 10 experts in the field of road safety. The High Court has made it clear that the council should not comprise babus with no relevant experience.
The directions came after the High Court took suo motu notice of a letter by Vice-Chairman of Road Safety Council, Kamaljeet Soi, following an accident in which 13 schoolchildren were killed near Nakodar in Jalandhar.
Soi had written: “Many parents are unaware. The school managements, transporters, transport departments, district transport officers (DTOs), road transport authorities and motor vehicle inspectors (MVIs) are culprits for not implementing road safety guidelines set by the Supreme Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In any accident involving a school bus with children fatalities, the DTOs/MVIs should be given exemplary punishment. Surely they have not done their job.”
