Chandigarh Traffic
CHANDIGARH
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
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The Chandigarh Traffic Police was sanctioned as a separate unit distinct from District Police in 1974. It is headed by an IPS officer who is designated as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Security & Traffic, U.T Chandigarh and assisted by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Traffic-Admin, DSP/Traffic (Road Safety-cum-R&D), DSP, Traffic (Central Sub-division), DSP/Traffic (East Sub-division), DSP/Traffic (South Sub-division) and Zonal Traffic Inspectors. The entire city has been divided into three sub-divisions and four zones and traffic regulation in each zone is undertaken by a traffic police team led by a Traffic Inspector.
Project Details
Brief Background
The entire city has been divided into three sub-divisions and four zones and traffic regulation in each zone is undertaken by a traffic police team led by a Traffic Inspector. The internal administration of the traffic police is looked after by the Inspector (Administration), who is also the Incharge of the Chandigarh Traffic Police Control Room from where the traffic Helpline1073 is operated. Another Inspector is posted as the Incharge of the Challaning Branch located at Traffic Lines, Sector 29, Chandigarh where the compounding fee for traffic challans is received against receipt.
Objective
The CCTV Control Room from where all live video streams of various CCTV cameras installed in the city are monitored is located at Traffic Lines, Sector 29, Chandigarh.A separate Inspector has also been deputed as the overall Incharge of Children Traffic Park, Sector 23, Chandigarh who looks after road safety awareness programmes, road crash analysis and engagement with citizens using social media (Facebook,Whatsapp and Twitter).
Benefits
The dedicated Road Crash Analysis cell visits the scene of every road crash in U.T Chandigarh and conducts in-depth analysis. If upon analysis, it is found that there is an engineering defect like absence of street lights, absence of road furniture and/or markings, there being a blind curve, etc., the officials concerned are asked to immediately rectify the same to prevent crashes in the future.
