Panaji: Road safety committee insists on proper road signs at key locations | Goa News

PANAJI: The North Goa District Road Safety Committee watch cell will soon coordinate with the Panaji City Corporation (CCP) to ensure that the city’s footpaths have free access for pedestrians.
Traffic signs will be erected at all interfaces of ferry and road transport, as well as at educational institutions and resort tourism locations to ensure traffic safety.
This was discussed at the watch cell meeting chaired by DySp Traffic (North) Prabodh Shirvoikar.
Other ministries and companies will also be assigned tasks to ensure road safety standards are met.
Health Services management will need to prepare a list of items that should be kept in first aid boxes at bus stops across the state.
PWD has been tasked with erecting appropriate signage along the roads in the North Goa coastal belt and the stretch from Malim to Mapusa.
In addition, all notified speed limit signs must be erected as a priority.
For road safety awareness, pamphlets highlighting the impact of alcohol consumption on behavioral/mental health of drivers and drivers are to be printed for distribution at village panchayats and town councils in northern Goa.
The committee also underlined the need to increase awareness regarding the implementation of the new MV law from April 1, which provides for increased penalties and the enforcement of compulsory helmet wearing for children over four years old. , which is to come into force from 2023.
During the committee meeting, it was discussed that the Transport Directorate Accident Claims Scheme should be printed in Konkani and Marathi, in addition to English, and made available in all health centers, hospitals, police stations and educational establishments.
Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) has been instructed to take appropriate action against encroachment of passenger seating area and access to bus bay no. 5 being blocked by a tea stand at the Mapusa bus station.
A drive against vehicles carrying protruding goods will be escalated by the Goa Traffic Police.
Traffic signs will be erected at all interfaces of ferry and road transport, as well as at educational institutions and resort tourism locations to ensure traffic safety.
This was discussed at the watch cell meeting chaired by DySp Traffic (North) Prabodh Shirvoikar.
Other ministries and companies will also be assigned tasks to ensure road safety standards are met.
Health Services management will need to prepare a list of items that should be kept in first aid boxes at bus stops across the state.
PWD has been tasked with erecting appropriate signage along the roads in the North Goa coastal belt and the stretch from Malim to Mapusa.
In addition, all notified speed limit signs must be erected as a priority.
For road safety awareness, pamphlets highlighting the impact of alcohol consumption on behavioral/mental health of drivers and drivers are to be printed for distribution at village panchayats and town councils in northern Goa.
The committee also underlined the need to increase awareness regarding the implementation of the new MV law from April 1, which provides for increased penalties and the enforcement of compulsory helmet wearing for children over four years old. , which is to come into force from 2023.
During the committee meeting, it was discussed that the Transport Directorate Accident Claims Scheme should be printed in Konkani and Marathi, in addition to English, and made available in all health centers, hospitals, police stations and educational establishments.
Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) has been instructed to take appropriate action against encroachment of passenger seating area and access to bus bay no. 5 being blocked by a tea stand at the Mapusa bus station.
A drive against vehicles carrying protruding goods will be escalated by the Goa Traffic Police.