Nurpur gets WB road safety project

• In order to check road mishaps, road crash fatalities and injuries through improved road safety management and institutional reform in Nurpur police district, a World Bank-funded ambitious Road Safety Enforcement Project (RSEP) has been approved.
• The project will focus on strengthening and streamlining the management capabilities for road safety in this police district with inter-state border. Besides, it will also strengthen emergency medical and rehabilitation services for post-crash care.
• Official sources reveal that 25 locations are being identified in the district where evidence-based Artificial Intelligence Digital Surveillance Cameras (AIDSC) for monitoring road safety violations will be installed with centralised traffic enforcement control room at Shimla.

About the project

• Black spots on roads and shortcomings in road engineering will be worked out
• A special budget will be provided for police mobility and procurement of interceptor patrolling vehicles.
• The road engineering will be improved with roadside crash barriers.
• The highway patrol vehicles will be equipped with CCTV cameras, rescue equipment and medical first aid facilities