Excelsior Correspondent
CHENNAI (TN), Sept 14: Amit Sharma, Secretary Transport, Union Territory of Ladakh emphasised that public self awareness and consciousness is pivotal for reducing road accidents and crashes during an all-important Road Safety Summit 2023 held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras wherein he was invited as a Special Guest and a Keynote Speaker.
Sharma was invited in the event to share his perspectives over maintaining safety in Indian roads, being an expert on the subject, having previous and current background of handling Transport Department in hilly UTs of North Bharat.
In his address, Sharma shared his thoughts in the first technical session held here wherein Amit mentioned that apart from installing Smart Road Safety Devices like Speed Guns, Crash Barriers, Highway Rescue and Patrol teams, it is primarily the public in-general who has to take the lead, in understanding the fall-outs of rash driving, not following traffic rules, allowing minors to drive, drunken driving and many other instances which lead towards fatalistic crashes, often.
He advised that self-awareness and adherence to traffic advisories issued from time-to-time must be followed to ensure minimum loss of human lives due to accidents and there should be no usage of mobile phones while driving the vehicles.
Sharma emphasised for more awareness rallies and expeditions on the Himalayan Roads for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles which shall be always welcomed by the UT Administration, led by the visionary and dynamic leadership of Lieutenant Governor Brig (Dr) B.D Mishra (Retd) and Advisor Pawan Kotwal whenever such initiatives are taken in Ladakh.
Apart from him, the inaugural session of this event was attended by Chief Secretary Tamil Nadu Shiv Das Meena, Additional CS Highways TN, Pradeep Yadav, Director IIT Madras Prof Kamakoti, Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Sandeep Rai Rathore and others.
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