Top officials skip road safety council session, govt says meet ‘fruitful’

“Sir, in the meeting with you, you yourself fully agreed how the refusal on the part of senior officers to attend such important meetings was in gross violation of IAS conduct rules. Such action manifestly amounts to gross misconduct, insubordination and indiscipline...

It is a matter of utmost regret that despite the assurance given by, the officers are continuing to boycott meetings called by their respective ministers... If Services were our subject, we would have certainly ensured that the rule of law was followed and the constitutional scheme of functioning was complied with. But since you, as L-G, are in-charge of Services, we can only appeal to your constitutional obligation in hope that you would follow the diktat of law.” education, transport and public works departments did not attend the meeting. Other IAS NEWDELHI: In a move that appeared officers who opted out include the to be in line with the ongoing prothree MCD commissioners and test against the Aam Aadmi Party NDMC chairman.

(AAP) government, senior offi“We had completed and subcials and bureaucrats on Monday mitted all the necessary docuskipped a crucial meeting on ments and reports before the Delhi’s road safety policy. meeting. Monday’s meeting only

The meeting, chaired by transtook forward the decisions that port minister Kailash Gahlot, were taken in the first meeting was that of the Delhi Road Safety held last year,” said a bureaucrat Council, which was reconstituted on condition of anonymity. in August last year. While Gahlot Despite the absence of a batand experts from institutes like tery of important officials, the IIT Delhi, School of Planning and Delhi government stated that the Architecture (SPA), CRRI, UTTImeeting was “fruitful”. “A key PEC and NGOS were present, no suggestion recommended by sevIAS and DANICS officer attended eral members at the meeting, was the meeting. to strengthen the Road Safety Cell

The panel is important as it in the transport department so usually only meets twice a year that it becomes capable of conand is currently framing a policy ducting scientific crash investifor road safety in Delhi. Monday’s gations to identify the root causes meeting was the first this year. behind road crashes in Delhi,” a

Principal secretaries of health, government spokesperson said.