Dance of death continues

14/11/2019

Had the drive against over-speeding and negligent driving been launched aggressively as was claimed before the High Court there was all possibility of averting this tragic accident. In the absence of adequate Traffic Police personnel the cops posted in the Police Stations and Police Posts are also required to keep watch on violation of rules by the private passenger vehicles but this aspect has generally remained confined to the official statements only. It is a fact that Government has virtually remained unconcerned despite being aware of the causes behind 'dance of death' on the roads in the hilly districts of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is clear from the yesterday's horrendous accident in Doda district which claimed 16 lives and rendered one person critically injured. The tragedy has befallen on several families has once again put a big question mark on the performance of several Government agencies, which otherwise are supposed to work in tandem to bring down the number of tragic accidents. What apt attention is being paid by all the concerned authorities towards these roads after their identification as vulnerable has been exposed by this tragic accident. The mishap took place due to the sheer negligence of the driver has clearly established that there was no focus on movement of passenger vehicles on this one of the vulnerable roads.
Strength of the Traffic Police for these link roads as well as 15 vulnerable roads has not been increased till date and this clearly indicates that after admitting shortage of manpower no remedial measures were taken and in Doda district there are only 39 Traffic Police personnel including one DySP, one Inspector, one Sub-Inspector and one ASI. However, SRTC vehicles have not been deployed for most of the 15 vulnerable roads in the erstwhile Doda district despite numerous announcements in this regard by the concerned Government agencies. As always highlighted by JOURNEY LINE, the most shocking aspect of yesterday's tragic road accident was that none of the concerned Government agencies was in a position to answer some important questions -Was the driver of the ill-fated vehicle was actually physically fit for plying of commercial vehicle in the hilly areas? Was the 14 years old vehicle mechanically fit for being operated in the hilly terrain and Whether over-speeding was noticed either by the Traffic Police or Executive Police? All this clearly indicates that while Government is aware of the causes behind the tragic road accidents and openly admits inadequacies in the system to check the same, it is not showing any seriousness in taking the remedial measures.

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