Rajasthan

• 14 Apr 2022

Three national highways will be made road accident free under pilot project

Why in News?

On April 13, 2022, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Transport and Road Safety Department of Rajasthan, Abhay Kumar said that in compliance with the budget announcement, three major national highways of the state would be made road accident free under the pilot project.

Key Points

• The Additional Chief Secretary gave this information in a meeting held in the Government Secretariat regarding 'Prevention of Road Accidents'.
• The three major national highways that will be made road accident free under the pilot project include Shahjahanpur to Ajmer (NH-448), Bar-Bilara-Jodhpur (NH-25) and Sikar to Bikaner (NH-110) National Highways.
• The Additional Chief Secretary directed the concerned officers to further improve the response time of ambulances and to encourage the Good Samaritans who took serious injuries in road accidents to the hospital immediately by rewarding them under the 'Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Jeevan Raksha Yojna'.
• He said that data related to road accidents should be uploaded immediately through Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) application so that they can be scientifically analyzed to reduce accidents.

Cultural program 'Folk Safar' organized

Why in News?

A cultural program 'Folk Safar' was organized at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur in collaboration with Rajasthan Tourism Department and UNESCO on 13^th April, 2022.

Key Points

• In 'Folk Safar', the music of Danish artists, heritage of folk traditions of their country and neighboring regions, along with a scintillating performance of traditional music and rhythm of the Maru region of the state by Manganiyar artists, in which Langa Sangeet and Kalbelia dance were performed. The event was also included.
• The Danish artists in the program were led by Maren Hallberg and Jorgen Dikmes and the Manganiyar artists were led by Shiva, Manzoor Khan Manganiyar from Barmer.
• Folk Safar exhibited handicraft items including the Daris of Salawas of Jodhpur, Jootis of Patodi of Barmer, Applique from Chohtan and Pokaran utensils of Jaisalmer.