Justice Sapre urges zero fatalities on Telangana roads

Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, SCCoRS chairman, directed Telangana officials to ensure zero road fatalities. GHMC presented ongoing safety measures, including lane markings, footpaths, junction improvements, and signages, while stakeholders were urged to strengthen enforcement and preventive initiatives

Hyderabad: The Chairman of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCoRS), Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, directed officials to ensure zero fatalities on Telangana roads during a road safety committee meeting held in the city on Wednesday.

Chaired by Justice Sapre, the meeting was attended by Chief Secretary K Rama Krishna Rao, Home Department Special Chief Secretary Ravi Gupta, DGP Dr Jitender, MA&UD Secretary Illambarthi, GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan, and senior officials from the police, revenue, HMDA, R&B, and traffic police departments.

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Justice Sapre said there is a need to strengthen enforcement and preventive measures to curb accidents and work towards achieving zero fatalities on Telangana roads. He called upon all stakeholders to intensify initiatives to reduce accidents and save lives.

RV Karnan gave a PowerPoint presentation on safety measures and said the GHMC has completed lane markings on 1,687.76 km of roads, zebra crossings at 3,949 locations, transverse bar markings at 3,453 locations, and installed 3,335 signages. For pedestrian safety, GHMC laid 212.71 km of footpaths and proposed 23 FOBs, of which 15 have been completed and the remaining are in progress.

GHMC initiated 109 junction improvement works, with 50 completed and 33 in progress. Since July 2025, GHMC has filled 1,442 potholes, repaired 574 catch pits, replaced 328 catch pit covers, and completed 12 central median works, he said.