Odisha Gets Highway Patrolling Units;Berhampur & Ganjam Flagged-Off
Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar/Ganjam/Berhampur: Inauguration of Highway patrol Vehicles by Hon’ble CM,Odisha Shri Naveen Pattnaik through virtual mode at Rerserve Police Office, Ganjam, Chatrapur on Monday. The NH patrol vehicle will definitely look after road safety on NH said Brijesh Rai,SP,Ganjam.’
Similarly in Berhampur the Highway Patrol of the Gopalpur-Golonthara flagged off by Pinak Mishra SP, Berhampur at Mandiapali Junction. This Highway Patrolling vehicle will patrol the Highway 24×7 and provide immediate assistance to the commuters said SP,Mishra.
Notably, eighteen patrolling units were rolled out for various State and National highways across Odisha on Monday by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. These units will play a crucial role in saving the lives of accident victims on highways, he said.
Naveen said the State Government has a target of creating 36 patrolling units at various accident-prone stretches. The functioning and experience of these 18 units in the first phase will guide the Government for further action and future initiatives, he added.
Naveen asked the officials to start more sensitisation initiatives for drivers on various road safety mechanisms and laws relating to it. The introduction of the Highway patrolling will help reduce the time for taking an accident victim from the spot of an accident to the nearest hospital.
“The quicker we can take an injured person to hospitals, the better is the chance of survival,” Naveen said. Around 4,000 people die in road mishaps in Odisha every year, an official said.