Telangana CS Somesh Kumar tells babus to prepare action plan on road safety

Hyderabad: State Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar Saturday held a review meeting on the issue of road safety and directed officials to prepare a framework for action plan on road safety for every district in the State.

He also reviewed the unified action plan on emergency care and mapping of ambulance services, hospitals and trauma care centres to bring down the fatalities and to extend health services within the golden hour. He directed the officials to arrange training programme on emergency medicine from NIMS to the healthcare workers of trauma care centres.

Somesh Kumar advised the Health Department to identify staff for taking master training on active bleeding control to reduce the mortality and morbidity from road accidents in the State.

He also directed the officials to constitute a team to study each and every aspect related to Outer ring road duly focusing on fencing, crossings, signages, Illumination, ANPR camera based speed enforcement at vulnerable locations to minimise accidents.

He asked the officials to make arrangements for conducting one-day training for government drivers on safe driving and maintenance of vehicles.