Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, April 3-
The Haryana Government extended its collaboration with IIT-Madras by signing a two-year MoU for data-driven road safety interventions. The agreement was unveiled in the presence of Chief Secretary Sh Anurag Rastogi and Prof. Venkatesh Balasubramanian, Head of the Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS) at IIT-Madras. The partnership leverages tools like the ‘Sanjaya’ platform, previously launched in Haryana, to visualize accident data and plan targeted interventions.
Additional Chief Secretary, Transport Department, Ashok Khemka, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Sudhir Rajpal, Transport Commissioner Dusmanta Kumar Behera and senior officers of various departments were present on the occasion.
During a meeting on road safety measures, Rastogi called for the formation of a working group to implement actionable strategies, emphasizing the need to save lives lost in road accidents. He directed the Transport and Health Departments to develop a detailed roadmap for upgrading trauma centers, particularly near highways, to improve emergency response.