Principal Secretary Transport department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, today chaired a meeting to review Road Safety Action Plan and status of purchase of passenger fleet for various regions of the state.
Dr Samoon directed the officials to purchase the buses for Chenab valley at the earliest. He asked the bus manufactures to keep the terrain in consideration while manufacturing buses for the region.
He said the erstwhile Doda district witnesses the highest rate of road accident-related deaths in the entire state and to minimize the human loss a robust transport system is need of the hour for the region.
He asked the officials to order the purchase of buses thatwill prove disable friendly besides useful for women, children and old agepeople.
The Principal Secretary announced Rs 25 crore for therevival of SRTC and asked the officials to speed-up the process so that theamount would be spent in the next financial year.
On the status of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure(EVCI), Dr Samoon was informed that the purchase of the electric buses by SRTCis at its final stage. He directed the SRTC officials to make the EVCIfunctional by April 13 (Baisakhi Day) in twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar.
Dr Samoon said that the government has proposed Rupees 25crore each for urban bus transportation and for placement of 500 private busesin the state.