In key safety push, speed limits of Ggm’s major roads to be revised

GURUGRAM: To reduce the number of accidents, the traffic police and the district road safety committee are working on revising the speed limits of major roads and also instituting speed limits on roads where none exist at present, officials said on Friday.

The traffic police officials and district road safety committee’s representatives have started auditing all major stretches in Gurugram to finalise the limits, said officials, adding that such an exercise is taking place for the first time.

Several major stretches in the city such as St Thomas Marg, San Felipe Marg, and Dharm Marg among others do not have a speed limit, they added.

Ravinder Singh Tomar, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) traffic, said that the audit will be completed by the end of May, and speed limit signs dedicated for each stretch will be erected in June. Following this, speed interceptors will also be placed at all those stretches randomly for checking speeding, Tomar said.

At present, only three stretches — Golf Course Road, Delhi-gurgaon Expressway, and Gurgaon-faridabad Road — have speed interceptors.

Two more speed interceptors have been put up at two locations (chosen on a random basis) in the city, Tomar said, adding that the traffic police officials observed that this year, around 30% accidents so far took place due to speeding, and hence, the traffic police and the road safety committee decided to keep a check on speed violations across the city on a larger scale.

“Our traffic marshalls on the ground observed that many accident cases, even on arterial roads, took place due to speeding. The matter was discussed during district road safety committee meetings as well. So, we decided to start auditing all major stretches in Gurugram, in coordination with road safety officers (RSOS) and the committee members,” said Tomar, highlighting that traffic marshalls observed instances of speeding at several stretches such as Vikas Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, Sohna Road, Golf Course Extension Road, Southern Peripheral Road, and Dwarka Expressway among others.

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), meanwhile, has been installing CCTV cameras at 90 key stretches in the city, through which the traffic police will monitor violations, including speeding, Tomar said.

At present, the Gurugram traffic police has imposed a generic speed limit across the city.

Our traffic marshalls have observed that many accidents take place due to speeding.

DCP (traffic)