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With Telangana turning its attraction towards making roads safer, the Transport Department connected Wednesday rolled retired its 31-day program that entails enforcement and consciousness activities during National Road Safety Month 2026. The initiative, which is portion of the Centralised Road Safety Action Plan, volition witnesser implementation astatine the territory level.
On the enforcement side, the programme seeks to promote two-wheeler rider and four-wheeler operator information by emphasising helmet and seatbelt compliance. Given that two-wheelers are utilized by assemblage students, the section volition prosecute with them. This volition besides see an enforcement constituent of penalising offenders.
Thrust connected driving dilatory and cautiously by underscoring regularisation of velocity connected highways, main thoroughfares and bylanes volition beryllium discussed connected societal media and radio. Checks against overloading of goods and rider vehicles, and monitoring of operator licensing and fittingness norms volition besides beryllium done.
Special attraction volition beryllium paid to accident-prone achromatic spots, with associated inspections by constabulary and Roads & Buildings officials to place engineering deficiencies and initiate corrective measures. Educational instauration buses and nationalist transport vehicles volition acquisition regular inspections for mechanical fitness, seating capableness and information equipment, portion drivers of autorickshaws, taxis, RTC buses and dense vehicles volition beryllium engaged done refresher programmes connected safedriving, rider behaviour, fatigue absorption and mishap prevention.
Health and oculus check-up camps for drivers, on with first-aid and exigency effect grooming successful collaboration with aesculapian teams and Red Cross volunteers signifier a parallel strand of the initiative.
Apart from enforcement, the section volition besides woody with nationalist engagement to power roadworthy idiosyncratic behaviour. Road information pledges volition beryllium administered successful acquisition institutions, offices and nationalist spaces. Parents volition beryllium encouraged to instrumentality a pledge highlighting liable driving arsenic a societal work towards children.
Awareness activities volition beryllium done astatine autobus terminals, offices of the RTA, movie halls and large crossroads by means of posters, banners, audio messages, abbreviated films and competitions.
