Yogi Adityanath Expresses Concern Over Highway Accidents Close to Expressway, Points Key Instructions To Officers | India Information

In a bid to cut back street accidents within the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday directed officers to take complete measures and work in direction of bettering well being infrastructure by constructing extra hospitals. He emphasised the necessity for constructing hospitals on either side of expressways—much like meals plazas—to supply fast medical assist to accident victims.

The UP CM issued the instructions throughout a gathering of the State Highway Security Council that was attended by ministers, senior bureaucrats, divisional commissioners, district magistrates, police commissioners, and superintendents of police. In keeping with an official assertion, Adityanath stated in 2024, Uttar Pradesh recorded 46,052 street accidents, resulting in 34,600 accidents and over 24,000 deaths.

Terming the figures “extraordinarily tragic,” Yogi Adityanath careworn the necessity for multi-departmental coordination to cut back accidents. He directed officers to determine and rectify black spots throughout the state’s street community.

Each expressway ought to have hospitals on either side, identical to meals plazas. Trauma centres, ambulances, and skilled workers ought to be stationed at divisional headquarters hospitals, he stated. The best fatalities in 2024 had been reported from 20 districts, together with Hardoi, Mathura, Agra, Lucknow, and Kanpur. These areas accounted for 42 % of complete street deaths within the state, Adityanath stated, citing street accident statistics.

Officers should analyze accident causes and lift consciousness about street security, he stated, including that district-level conferences should be held month-to-month, whereas divisional conferences ought to be carried out quarterly. He expressed concern over the truth that six divisions—Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Azamgarh, Saharanpur, and Agra—held just one assembly final 12 months.

He additional stated strict motion ought to be taken towards over-speeding, drunk driving, wrong-side driving, leaping pink lights, and cell phone use whereas driving. Unauthorized autos, overloaded vans, and unlawful buses should be faraway from the roads.

He stated liquor outlets alongside highways ought to be closed down and outsized commercial hoardings ought to be made smaller. The Fundamental and Secondary Schooling Departments ought to incorporate site visitors guidelines into faculty curricula, whereas faculties and schools should set up street security consciousness actions, he stated. Verification of all e-rickshaw drivers ought to be prioritized to forestall underage driving, he stated.

He directed that the variety of cranes, patrolling autos, and ambulances on expressways and highways be elevated and CCTV cameras be put in on all 93 Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) roads within the state, as at present, solely 4 of them have cameras.

(With PTI Inputs)