Haryana has witnessed a decrease of 16% in road accidents in 2020 as compared to 2019 along with the number of deaths which has decreased by 12%, Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma said on Tuesday.
In his address during the 40th meeting of Transport Development Council organised by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Sharma said that Haryana has been consistently working towards reducing road accidents for which the Transport Dept, Police Dept, Public Works Dept and Health Dept are making joint efforts.
He said that a total of 34 trauma centres have been set up in the state on National Highways and State Highways and portable load weighing devices have been provided in the districts of the state to keep a tab on overloaded vehicles and three Driver Training and Research Centres have been established in Haryana. Besides this, nine Research Centres are being set up in the state. Also, one Inspection and Certification Centre is functional in the state and six Inspection and Certification Centres will be set up.
