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Minister Sushanta chairs key Tripura road safety council meeting


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By  Firstdespatch Desk   Sep 30, 2026

Agartala, Sept 30 (FD) In a determined push to reduce road accident fatalities and foster responsible commuting across the state, the Tripura government has introduced the State Road Safety Excellence Award-2026. The formal announcement came during the 18th State Road Safety Council meeting held at the Secretariat's Video Conference Hall, presided over by Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury.

Addressing senior administrators, police brass, and technical stakeholders, Minister Sushanta Chowdhury underscored that accident prevention demands both strict regulatory compliance and proactive civic engagement. To incentivize field-level diligence and institutional accountability, the newly instituted State Road Safety Excellence Awards will honor outstanding contributions across 11 distinct categories:

  • Best District in Road Safety

  • Best District in Enforcement of Traffic Laws

  • Best District in Reduction of Road Accident Fatalities

  • Best Police Station in Road Safety

  • Best Hospital/Trauma Care Centre in Road Safety

  • Best Ambulance Service

  • Best Road Engineering Initiative

  • Best Fire Service

  • Best Accident Investigation

  • Best Good Samaritan (Rah-Veer)

  • Best Functional Initiative by the Transport Department

"Safe roads and secure lives remain a shared collective duty," the Transport Minister emphasized. He highlighted that alongside targeted infrastructure engineering and strict policing, large-scale public awareness campaigns are actively underway to save lives. He instructed all allied departments to align strictly with standardized road safety protocols and execute coordinated interventions to prevent mishaps.

During the session, Transport Commissioner Subrata Chowdhury presented a comprehensive overview of ongoing departmental operations, traffic stabilization initiatives, and safety enforcement mechanisms deployed statewide. District Magistrates (DMs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) from all eight districts joined the council deliberations virtually to report localized traffic bottlenecks and accident patterns.

The high-level meeting witnessed the presence of key top officials, including Kiran Gitte, Secretary of PWD and Health; Prashant Kumar Goyal, Secretary of Finance; Animesh Debbarma, Secretary of Higher Education; the Secretary of Revenue and Disaster Management; alongside additional and joint secretaries from Transport, the Director of Higher Education, and Kanta Jangir, SP (Traffic), West Tripura. The council concluded with a directive for time-bound reviews to guarantee safer road transit across Tripura. FD SB