Safe Kerala helps reduce road accidents
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Strict enforcement of rules brings down fatalities, injuries sustained on roads
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Strict enforcement of rules brings down fatalities, injuries sustained on roads
A slew of measures by the Motor Vehicle Department coupled with focus on enforcement and road safety awareness under the Safe Kerala project have helped bring down accidents, fatalities and serious injuries on roads in the State.
“As many as 1,488 lives could be saved. Road accidents could be brought down by 13,149 and injuries by 15,484 in 2020. There was an overall reduction of 32% in road accidents, 33.5% in fatalities and 33.6% in injuries in 2020 when compared to 2019. The Safe Kerala project played a big role in it,” Joint Transport Commissioner Rajeev Puthalath said.
Traffic enforcement to go digital
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24x7 control rooms to be set up in capital and six districts
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24x7 control rooms to be set up in capital and six districts
Traffic enforcement activities will turn further digital with the round-the-clock State control rooms in the capital and six district-level control rooms set up under the ₹236-crore Safe Kerala project going live.
Through the new 700 Artificial Intelligence and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in vantage points, enforcement officials in the control rooms can ensure road discipline and book erring motorists. Dedicated staff had been posted in the control rooms to issue challans to offenders.