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All Administrative Secretaries to send requisition of Group-C posts to Haryana Staff Selection Commission by December 15 directs Sanjeev Kaushal

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IEP Chandigarh December 14

The Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed all the Administrative Secretaries to send requisition of Group-C posts of their departments to Haryana Staff Selection Commission by December 15 positively. Haryana Staff Selection Commission is likely to announce the result of Common Eligibility Test (CET) examination held recently, he added.While presiding over the meeting regarding requisition of Group-C posts with Administrative Secretaries and officers of Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) here today, he also directed the concerned Department to create a separate quota of 3 percent of total Group C posts for eligible sports persons and send a requisition to Haryana Staff Selection Commission. These quota posts exist in selected departments namely Home Department, Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, School Education Department and Elementary Education Department. Chairman of HSSC, Sh. Bhopal Singh Khadri was also present in the meeting.The Chief Secretary also directed the officers to make clarification in horizontal and vertical reservation of Group-C posts in all the Departments.Amoung those present in the meeting include Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Education, Sports and Youth Affairs, Sh. Mahavir Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Science and Technology, Sh. Ashok Khemka, Additional Chief Secretary, Forests and Wildlife, Sh. Vineet Garg, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats, Sh. Anil Malik, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research, Smt. G. Anupama, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering, Sh. A.K Singh, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Secretary Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Sh. Virat and other senior officers.

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Transport Minister holds State Road Safety Council meeting, sets target to reduce accidents, fulfill responsibilities

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

A meeting of the State Road Safety Council was held today under the chairmanship of Haryana Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma at Haryana Niwas. Addressing the meeting, Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Sh. Navdeep Singh Virk  informed about the number of deaths and injuries due to road accidents in the last five years. It was apprised that till November 2022 there were 9,951 road accidents, in which 4,516 people lost their lives and 8,447 people were injured.

        Giving presentation in this regard, he said that the Integrated Road Accident Database (IRED) project released by the Ministry of Transport, Government of India, has been started for all the states and it has also been implemented in Haryana; in which the Transport Department has been made the nodal authority for this project. Apart from transport department, police, health, NHAI, PWD, HSIDC, Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran and local government departments have been taken in which the nodal officers of the departments concerned will work on the road safety project at the state and district level. All the departments will submit their reports on this portal, in which the current status of all the concerned departments can be ascertained.

Addressing all the departments, the Transport Minister said that the responsibilities should be properly fulfilled and the department should improve the achievements made by Haryana in this regard. He also set a target of reducing 20 percent accidents for the year 2023.  Principal Secretary, Transport, while reviewing the action taken report regarding the previous meetings of the Road Safety Council gave the following orders to all the road constructing agencies :-

1. Reviewing pending road accident prone points, speed breakers/rumble strips, sign boards, road markings, cat eyes, delineators and black spots etc, all were instructed to complete their points by March 31, 2023.

2. It was told in the meeting that in order to reduce road accidents, Road Safety Associates are being appointed by the Transport Department for all the districts on contract basis; who coordinate with all the departments related to road safety in their respective districts and will help in reducing road accidents.

3. It was told in the meeting that every road construction department/agency should conduct an internal audit of its roads/highways and submit the report to the lead agency.

4. It was decided in the meeting that if any illegal cuts are made on any road or highway by demolishing road construction by dhabas, petrol pumps etc, police cases should be registered against the concerned. This issue should also be taken up in every district road safety committee.

5. Council member, Sh. Sushil Arya discussed the illegal liquor vends on roads and highways, on which the Excise and Taxation Department stated that they will inspect liquor vends along the roads of all districts and a report will be submitted.

6. IG Traffic, Sh. Hardeep Doon informed the council that 213 black spots for the year 2019-2021 have been sent to the Ministry of Transport, Government of India, for approval and 17,67,442 challans have been issued to the defaulters for the violation of traffic rules from January to November, 2022.  Apart from this, 1,27,215 challans have been issued for overspeeding vehicles.

7. So far, 175 meetings of the District Road Safety Committees have been held by the Transport Department under the chairmanship of the concerned Deputy Commissioners, in which works like road audit, checking of 4,603 school buses, inspection of roads, training of employees on 468 road safety audits have also been done; so that road accidents can be reduced by strengthening road safety.

8. The council also directed to link NHAI’s toll free number 1033, police’s toll free number 1073 with helpline number 112; so that timely ambulance service can be made available in case of an accident.

9. It was decided that a tripartite audit should be done of the funds being given from the Road Safety Fund to all concerned departments and committees at the district level.

10. It was brought to the notice of the Council that most of the accidents are taking place on NH-1 (44) Ambala to Sonipat route; which comes under the NHAI. On this, the council instructed NHAI to conduct a road safety audit of this route, so that the causes of accidents could be ascertained in the audit.

11. In the meeting, the officers of all the departments were instructed to set a time limit to complete their work. According to the meetings held in the past, all the departments should complete at least 5 kilometers of model road in every district, which fit 100 percent on road safety standards and submit their report to the council.

12. It was decided by the council that all the departments should submit their road safety plan and necessary road safety funds to the Transport Department by January, 2023 to meet the target set for reduction in road accidents for the year 2023.

13. It was said in the meeting that all the road construction departments should prepare a plan to implement the road safety audit. Under this, there is a need to train executive engineers and junior engineer level officials at the district level to give information about these; so that standards related to road safety are kept in mind while making roads. Orders were given to send the names of the concerned officers to the Transport Department for getting the training done.

14. It was told in the council meeting that the instructions issued by the Road Safety Committee constituted by the Honourable Supreme Court should be followed strictly and on time.

15. The Transport Minister said that at present it is the time of fog and in such a situation, the concerned department should immediately install reflectors and reflective tapes on vehicles like marking on the roads and tractor trolleys etc, while working on priority in view of road safety. Apart from this, reflective tapes should be applied on stray animals and cows roaming on the roads; so that accidents caused by stray animals can be curbed.

HSIIDC Managing Director, Sh. Vikas Gupta, IG Traffic, Sh. Hardeep Doon, Sh. Vinay Singh from Finance Department, Finance Secretary, NHAI, Chandigarh, Sh. Vipnesh Sharma, Joint Director Transport, Sh. Pradeep Ahlawat, Regional Officer, Sh. Dilbag Singh, Joint Transport Commissioner, (Road Safety), Sh. Ratan Sandhu from the Education Department, Sh. Sushil Arya, Chief Engineer of Om Seva Sansthan, PWD Department and senior officers of various departments related to the Road Safety Council were present virtually during the meeting

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To improve administrative efficiency, Haryana re-organizes certain departments having similar nature of work

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

With a view to bring in synergy in the functioning of different departments and streamlining of work, the Haryana Government has decided to merge and re-organize some departments having similar nature of work in order to improve administrative efficiency.

The Directorate, Utilities and Authorities will continue to function as before. No staff cadres will be merged at present to avoid legal issues of seniority.

A proposal to this effect was approved by the Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal here today.

Department of Energy

As per the decision, now the departments of New and Renewable Energy has been merged with Power Department and the nomenclature will be renamed as “Department of Energy”.

Department of Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs and BCs and Antyodaya

Similarly, the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and Social Justice and Empowerment Department has been merged and now the name of new department will be “Department of Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs and BCs and Antyodaya.”

Department of Higher Education

The Department of Higher Education, Technical Education and Science and Technology has been merged in to a single department with the nomenclature as “Department of Higher Education”.

Department of Heritage and Tourism

The Archaeology and Museums Department has been merged with Tourism Department and the nomenclature has been renamed as “Department of Heritage and Tourism”.

Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife

The Forests and Wildlife Department and Department of Environment and Climate Change have been merged in to a single department as “Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife.”

Information, Public Relations, Languages and Culture Department

The Art and Culture Department has been merged with Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, and renamed as “Information, Public Relations, Languages and Culture Department.

Department of Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

The Youth Affairs component of the Sports Department has been merged with the Skill Development and Industrial Training Department and Employment Department. The nomenclature has been renamed as “Department of Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship”. The new Department will look at Youth Affairs in a comprehensive manner including skilling, training, skill education.

Department of Industry and Commerce

The Electronic and IT industry has become tightly linked with all kinds of industrial activity. Therefore, State Government has decided to dissolve the Department of Electronics and Information Technology and to bring the electronics manufacturing and private IT within the ambit of the Industries and Commerce Department.

The existing work of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology has been allocated to different existing departments. The work/subjects related to the IT Industry has been re-allocated to the Industries Department. The work/subjects associated with e-Governance and use of IT in projects/governance be re-allocated to the Citizens Resources Information Department and HARTRON as an entity be kept as it is and be allocated to the Department of Industries.

General Administration Department

The Monitoring and Coordination Departments  and Department of Administrative Reforms has been merged into a single existing department that is “General Administration Department”.

The subjects Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Haryana Public Service Commission, Policy regarding CET, earlier transferred to Human Resource Department will be taken away and handed over to General Administration Department.

Besides this, The Directorate of Supplies and Disposals will be shifted from the Industries and Commerce Department to the Finance Department, particularly because of the need to ensure proper control and synergy with the Finance Department.

Revenue and Disaster Management

Department of Consolidation and Department of Revenue and Disaster Management has been merged and renamed as “Revenue and Disaster Management Department.” Furthermore, the Directorate of Fire Services, Fire Safety will be shifted from the Urban Local Bodies to the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management.

Chandigarh, Punjab

GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO SPEND RS 3.54 CRORES FOR REMEDIATION OF LEGACY WASTE ON DUMP SITES OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MANSA: DR.INDERBIR SINGH NIJJAR

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14      

    On the direction of Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann, development work is being done across the state to provide basic facilities, Clean and Pollution free environment to the people of the state.Local Government Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that the department has started Process for remediation of legacy waste at dump sites of Municipal Council Mansa.Cabinet Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that a decision has been taken to spend approximately Rs 3.54 crores by the Local Government Department to remediation of Legacy waste at the dump sites of Mansa.Minister further said that providing a clean and pollution-free environment to the people of the state is the top priority of the Mann government so that the people of the state can be protected from serious diseases spread by pollution.He also said that the Local Government Department has uploaded a tender for this work on the Punjab Government website eproc.punjab.gov.in.  He also told that if there is a need to make any amendment in this tender, then the details will be available on this website.Cabinet Minister said that Punjab government led by Bhagwant Mann is making full efforts to provide corruption free administration to the people of the state.  If any officer/employee is caught committing corruption, he will not be spared.Minister has also given instructions to the officials to bring transparency and quality in the works of the department.

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VIGILANCE ARRESTS PANCHAYATS SECRETARY FOR MISAPPROPRIATION OF PANCHAYAT FUNDS

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the State, on Wednesday arrested a Panchayat Secretary Rajinder Singh posted in gram panchayat Hawara, block Khamano, district Fatehgarh Sahib for misappropriating funds to the tune of Rs 37,55,000.

Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the VB said in this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered at VB police station Patiala after investigation of a complaint.

          He added that the gram panchayat had received development grants to the tune of Rs 37,55,000 during the tenure of Baldev Singh former Sarpanch. During the probe it was found that this amount was misappropriate by the above said accused Panchayat Secretary in connivance with Gurdeep Singh, Junior Engineer (JE), Panchayati Raj Khamano and former Sarpanch Baldev Singh.

          The VB team has also found that Gurdeep Singh JE did not make any entries of the said grants in the measurement book (MB) of the gram panchayat. Out of the above said grants, the Bureau has made assessment of Rs.19,05,000 but the same were not entered in the MB book.

He further informed that during the investigations it has also came to light that after misappropriating the said grants, Gurdeep Singh JE signed the utilisation certificate in this regard and get them issued from BDPO Khamano.

          The spokesperson further informed that action would be taken against the accused Gurdeep Singh, JE and Baldev Singh former sarpanch besides others responsible for this embezzlement after carrying out the investigation. The further probe in this case was under progress.

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PUNJAB POLICE CRACK CLOTH MERCHANT MURDER CASE AS NAKODAR-BASED AMANDEEP PUREWAL RESIDING IN THE US TURNS OUT TO BE THE MASTERMIND; THREE HELD

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IEP CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR, December 14:        

With the arrest of three accused persons from Bathinda, the Punjab Police have successfully solved the double murder case of a Nakodar-based Cloth Merchant and his Personal Security Officer (PSO) Mandeep Singh on December 7, 2022 with the arrest of three shooters masterminded by US-based Amandeep Purewala alias Aman, a native of Nakodar, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.         Those arrested have been identified as Khushkaran Singh alias Fauji of village Nangla in Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda; Kamaldeep Singh alias Deep of Vehan Diwan in Bathinda; and Manga Singh alias Geeta alias Bicchu of village Jassi Poh Wali in Bathinda. The Police teams have also recovered one .30 bore Pistol used in the crime and a Safari Car used to conduct recce from the possession of arrested persons.         On December 7, 2022, at about 8.30 pm, five unknown persons shot dead Cloth Merchant Bhupinder Singh alias Timmy Chawla, while, his PSO Constable Mandeep Singh, who also received bullet shots, later succumbed to the injuries at Capitol Hospital in Jalandhar. Notably, on November 3, 2022, Jalandhar Rural Police on the complaint of Timmy Chawla, who stated that he received threat calls for extortion of Rs 30 lakhs, had registered a First Information Report (FIR) under sections 387 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Police Station Nakodar City and two security personnel were immediately provided to the protectee.         DGP Gaurav Yadav, while addressing a press conference at Punjab Police Headquarters in Chandigarh, said that Police have also identified the two main conspirators as Amrik Singh of Bathinda and Gurinder Singh alias Ginda of Malri in Nakodar, who conducted recce, arranged shooters and weapons on directions of Amandeep Purewal, besides, identifying the remaining two shooters— Satpal alias Sajan and Thakur. “Police teams are on a manhunt to arrest the absconding shooters and both conspirators,” he said.         The DGP, while ruling out the association of Amandeep Purewal with any other gang or gangsters, said that the mastermind Amandeep Purewal, in a bid to float his new gang to create terror in the border state has made Timmy Chawla as his first target and made extortion calls to him while in the US. “Later, Amandeep Purewal along with Amrik Singh and Gurinder Ginda hatched a conspiracy to eliminate Timmy Chawla, and arranged five shooters, who opened fire at the victim and his PSO in the evening of December 7,” he said, adding that the Punjab Police have successfully nipped this gang in the bud.        DGP Gaurav Yadav reiterated that Punjab Police is committed to making Punjab a safe and secure state as per the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.           Disclosing more details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jalandhar Rural Swarandeep Singh said that the district police acted swiftly by constituting separate teams to work on different angles, some inmates were brought on production warrant from various Jails for questioning, and, technical investigation was conducted by analysis of CCTV footage and data from mobile service providers, which revealed some important clues which were further developed and led to the arrest of the accused. The perpetrators have no previous police record. Further investigation and searches are being conducted to apprehend the remaining accused shooters and conspirators who provided logistics, he added.         A separate case FIR no. 144 dated 08.12.2022 had been registered under sections 302, 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 25 of the Arms act at Police Station City Nakodar in this regard.

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SPECIAL EVENTS DEDICATED TO MARTYRDOM OF SAHIBZADAS TO BE ORGANISED IN ALL SCHOOLS OF STATE ON DECEMBER 23: HARJOT SINGH BAINS

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government has decided to organize special events dedicated to the martyrdom and in the warm memory of four Sahibzadas in all the Government/Private Primary, High and Secondary Schools in the state on December 23, 2022.          Divulging details, Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that Punjabis over the world, especially Sikh Sangat, dedicate a martyrdom week from December 20 to December 28 to four Sahibzadas of Dashmesh Pita Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Sahib Ji Maharaj and worship this week with great devotion.          He said that events dedicated to the martyrdom of the four Sahibzades are being organized for the first time in all the schools of the state with the aim to make the students aware of the great sacrifice of Sahibzadas.          Giving information about the events to be conducted in this regard, the Education Minister said that after the morning assembly in schools from 9 am to 9:20 am, Poems/Songs/Shabads/Vaar Singing Competitions related to Martyrdom Week will be conducted. After which, from 10:20 am to 11:00 am Speech/Educational Competitions related to the Martyrdom and Family Separation of Guru Gobind Singh Ji will be organized, while, from 11:00 am to 11:30 am, the School Head/Staff/Teachers will give Special Educational Presentations related to Martyrdom Week.Giving further information, S Bains said that during these competitions, school heads can also conduct any other activity at their own level so that students can gain maximum knowledge about the great sacrifice of Sahibzadas.          S. Bains said that the example of Supreme sacrifice by Sahibzadas cannot be found anywhere else in the history of the world.

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DELEGATION OF PUNJAB MARRIAGE PALACE AND RESORTS ASSOCIATION MET MINISTER HARBHAJAN SINGH ETO REGARDING ROAD ACCESS FEE

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

A delegation of Punjab Marriage Palaces and Resorts Association met Public Works Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO here today regarding government fees for road access in the state. During the meeting the Minister said to pay the current year fee without any delay and submit a written proposal regarding the old penances which would be considered.          Earlier  a delegation of Punjab Marriage Palaces and Resorts Association under the chairmanship of President Sukhdev Singh Sidhu and General Secretary Manwinder Singh Goldy, briefed the Public Works Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO regarding the notices given to Marriage Palaces and Resort owners for depositing the road access fee. The delegation briefed the Minister that notices regarding non-payment of fees for the last 8 years had been served to them.          In this regard, with the consent of the delegation of Punjab Marriage Palaces and Resorts Association, it was decided that this year’s fee should be paid without delay and a written proposal should be given regarding the dues of the remaining years, which would be considered.

Chandigarh, Punjab

IMPLEMENT ONLINE SYSTEM FOR APPLYING LEAVE & APPROVAL IN PSPCL & PSTCL: HARBHAJAN SINGH ETO

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

On the lines of Punjab Government departments, online system will be implemented for the approval of leave of officials and employees in Punjab State Power Corporation and Power State Transmission Corporation. Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO issued directions in this regard during a meeting with senior officials of both the corporations here today. Taking an important decision to ensure the attendance of employees in the offices of the Power Corporation, the Power Minister ordered that an online system should be implemented for applying and approving leave of employees in both the corporations.

          The Power Minister said that it has become a common practice that most of the employees keep their leave applications in the offices in advance without entering the date, which is not recorded in the attendance register. He said that to stop this practice it has been decided to bring an online attendance system. Along with this, the power minister issued directions that no officer or employee should go on leave without prior approval.

          Taking another important decision with the aim to stop Public harassment in the Power Corporation offices, Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO, issued instructions that the people should be treated with ease and courtesy on priority. He also said that Public work should be done without any delay. At the same time, he said that action should be taken against the employees and officials who are arbitrarily and deliberately tarnishing the image of the government.

          The Punjab Power Minister issued orders that the senior officers should go to the field to check the offices on a regular basis and personally ensure physical verification of the works. In order to prevent loss of human life due to loose electric wires hanging over the roads and open boxes, directions were issued by the Minister to lift the height of electric wires on the national and state highways and close the electric boxes properly.

          Prominent amongst present in the meeting included Tejveer Singh Principal Secretary Power, Baldev Singh Sran Chairman Power Corporation, Directors, Chiefs and other senior officials of PSPCL and PSTL.

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TRANSPORT MINISTER GIVES TARGET TO REDUCE MORTALITY RATE IN ROAD ACCIDENTS BY 50 PERCENT

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IEP Chandigarh, December 14

Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar has set a target for the concerned departments to reduce the mortality rate in the accidents by 50 percent.Presiding over an important meeting of Punjab State Road Safety Council here, the Cabinet Minister informed that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had already opined the department to reduce the mortality rate as each life matters. He said that 14 deaths are daily happening in road accidents in the state, on which the Chief Minister had expressed great concern and said that stern action on a priority basis should be taken to reduce the death rate.”Three out of 10 lives can be saved directly through fast and up-graded emergency medical care services”, said the Cabinet Minister directing the officials of health department to further improve emergency and trauma care services across the state. He said that five level-II trauma care centers have already been set up at Khanna, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Ferozepur and Fazilka through which road accident victims’ lives could be saved after fulfilling the vacant posts.Apart from this, it was also decided that all the emergency response services in the state such as NHAI (1033), Transport Department (112), Health Department (108) etc. will be brought on one platform through an app to make it public friendly.Likewise, the Transport Minister instructed the officials of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Public Works Department, Punjab Mandi Board and Local Government Departments to rectify the black spots on priority basis. It was also decided that a special 15 day training course will be conducted for civil engineers of all concerned departments to evolve new ways to overcome the situation.It was decided that all the road owning agencies such as NHAI, PWD, Punjab Mandi Board and Local Government Department will install road signages on entry and exit points on highways, especially at road accident prone areas during next two months and the action taken in this regard will be reviewed by the Transport Minister.Cabinet Minister directed ADGP (Traffic) Mr. Amarjit Singh Rai to ensure the implementation of traffic rules besides sensitizing vehicle owners/drivers carrying straw about Ill-effects such as occurrence of accidents etc. Instructing Transport department officials to write to all the SDMs to keep check on violators, the Cabinet Minister said that installation of under-run iron bar behind heavy vehicles and vehicles carrying steel bar should be ensured. He also directed to launch a special campaign to install reflector tape on tractor-trolleys, three and two wheelers in this foggy season. All the SDMs and traffic police officers will participate in this special campaign.The Transport Minister directed Secretary Transport Mr. Vikas Garg to write to all Deputy Commissioners of the state to honour good Samaritans, who help victims of road accidents, on the occasion of Republic Day on January 26.The Minister asked the Local Government Department to give utmost attention towards construction of footpaths and cycle-tracks along the roads in the cities complying to the directions of the Supreme Court of India.DigiLocker documents should be recognised: Transport MinisterTransport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar instructed the ADGP (Traffic) that the presentation of the DigiLocker documents of the driver, this should be recognised. He said that keeping in view the delay in issuance of chip based smart card licenses and registration certificates due to shortage of chip at a global level, traffic police should recognize online documents kept in government DigiLocker.During the meeting Secretary Transport Mr. Vikas Garg, Director General Lead Agency Mr. R. Venkat Ratnam, State Transport Commissioner Mr. Moneesh Kumar, ADGP (Traffic) Mr. A.S. Rai and NHAI, PWD, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab Mandi Board, School Education officials were also present.