Jammu, January 22,2026-Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Wednesday called for extensive use of GIS-based and data-driven approaches to identify vulnerable and accident-prone road stretches across districts in Jammu and Kashmir, stressing that targeted technological and physical interventions are essential to significantly reduce road accidents.
Reviewing the implementation of Supreme Court-mandated road safety directives, the Chief Secretary said that scientific data analysis must guide enforcement, engineering, and policy decisions to improve road safety outcomes across the Union Territory.
The review meeting was attended by Administrative Secretaries of concerned departments, senior officers of the Traffic Police, and Heads of Departments, while Deputy Commissioners participated through video conferencing from their respective districts.
The Chief Secretary sought a detailed status report on compliance with Supreme Court directions and stressed the need for a clear, time-bound roadmap for implementation of each directive. He emphasized leveraging available transport and traffic data to support interventions such as strategic deployment of traffic police, engineering corrections, and focused safety measures on accident-prone road segments.
Highlighting deterrence as a key pillar of road safety, Atal Dulloo directed authorities to strictly enforce punitive measures against habitual and serious traffic violators. These include cancellation of driving licences and registration certificates, seizure of vehicles, and other statutory actions against offenders involved in rash driving and repeated violations.
The Chief Secretary reviewed the road accident scenario in J&K using data from the i-RAD portal, analysing accident trends based on time of day, monthly patterns, district-wise distribution, road classification, and the nature of traffic violations.
Road construction agencies including PWD, NHAI, NHIDCL, BRO, and SAMPARK were directed to brief the meeting on progress made in removal of identified black spots in accordance with the Black Spot Protocol. Measures related to traffic calming, installation of safety signage, and fitting of speed-limiting devices in school buses were also reviewed to ensure student safety.
Secretary, Transport Department, Avny Lavasa, gave a detailed presentation on the functioning of the i-RAD and e-DAR portals in the Union Territory. She informed that since the operationalisation of i-RAD in June 2022, 20,135 road accidents involving 32,819 persons have been reported in J&K, resulting in 3,688 fatalities and 29,131 grievous or minor injuries.
Data analysis revealed that a majority of accidents occurred on major highways, particularly in the districts of Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, and Rajouri, with peak accident hours between 3:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Rash driving and over-speeding accounted for nearly 50 percent of road mishaps reported during 2025.
The Transport Department also shared enforcement statistics, stating that 40,197 challans were issued in 2024 and 52,543 challans in 2025, generating fines of Rs 10.15 crore and Rs 15.88 crore respectively. Major violations included non-wearing of helmets, driving without seat belts, use of mobile phones while driving, over-speeding, and red-light jumping.
In 2025 alone, 1,528 vehicles were seized, 1,641 driving licences suspended, 10,439 vehicles blacklisted, 1,192 registration certificates cancelled, and 300 route permits revoked.
IGP Traffic M. Suleman briefed the meeting on the functioning of surveillance cameras under the Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) and traffic signal cameras under the Intelligent Light Traffic System (ILTS) in Jammu and Srinagar. He informed that Traffic Police enforced 12.36 lakh e-challans in 2023, 15.03 lakh in 2024, and 14.92 lakh in 2025, imposing fines of Rs 85.16 crore, Rs 120.09 crore, and Rs 145.12 crore respectively. Additionally, 15,947 vehicles were seized in 2025 for violations of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The meeting also reviewed the implementation of the Road Accident Victim Fund, establishment of trauma care facilities along highways, and the functioning of the Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) at Kot Bhalwal and the Inspection and Certification Centre (ICC) at Samba. The performance of the District Infrastructure Quality Control (DIQC) mechanism in conducting road safety audits was also assessed.
Reiterating the government’s commitment, the Chief Secretary said that coordinated enforcement, engineering solutions, public awareness, and strict adherence to judicial and statutory road safety norms are crucial for saving precious lives and reducing road accidents across Jammu and Kashmir.
