Chandigarh: On the event of the World Day of Remembrance for Highway Visitors Victims, which is noticed globally on the third Sunday of November, Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar convened a particular assembly with officers of the Lead Company on Highway Security and representatives of civil society organizations. The assembly, held right here in the present day, marked the formal launch of the Motion Plan for the Hit and Run Compensation Scheme within the state. The day is noticed in reminiscence of highway crash victims, in help of their bereaved households and to strengthen collective efforts to forestall such tragedies sooner or later.
Addressing the gathering, the Transport Minister reiterated the State Authorities’s dedication to lowering highway crash fatalities and enhancing help mechanisms for victims and their households. He stated that the Motion Plan displays Punjab’s resolve to develop consciousness and guarantee well timed help below the Hit and Run Compensation Scheme, a key element of the state’s highway security system. Below the Hit and Run Compensation Scheme, 2022, monetary help of ₹2,00,000 is offered in instances of dying and ₹50,000 in instances of grievous damage, the place the offending automobile or driver stays untraceable.
Citing Punjab Visitors Police information, the Minister knowledgeable that there are 3,324 pending hit-and-run instances from 2022 and 2023, together with 2,510 fatalities and 1,317 grievously injured individuals. He assured that the federal government will make all efforts to clear pending instances from these years by March 31, 2026, guaranteeing aid to affected households.
R. Venkat Ratnam, IAS (Retd.), Director Normal of the Lead Company on Highway Security, stated that the Lead Company has drawn up a schedule of coaching and capacity-building classes throughout six district headquarters—Jalandhar, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Bathinda, Tarn Taran, Firozpur, and Patiala—overlaying close by districts as effectively. These classes, to be held from November 25 to December 31, 2025, will prepare SDMs, SPs/DSPs (Visitors), Civil Surgeons, and RTOs in processing and importing case paperwork rapidly to hurry up compensation disbursal. The coaching will probably be carried out by Harpreet Singh, nationwide awardee for highway security, in collaboration with Keep away from Accident NGO and different empanelled highway security organizations. An in depth guidelines has been ready to streamline file processing.
Paramjit Singh, Joint Director, Lead Company (Highway Security), knowledgeable that after completion of the coaching programme, the Lead Company will set up facilitation camps in partnership with NGOs akin to Mayank Basis, Muktsar Welfare Membership, and Keep away from Accident to assist claimants full documentation on the spot and pace up compensation supply. These initiatives mirror the Transport Division’s continued efforts not solely to strengthen highway security measures but additionally to guard the dignity and rights of highway crash victims and their households. With a coordinated and compassionate strategy, the Punjab Authorities goals to make compensation processes extra accessible, environment friendly and impactful.
