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News Topical, Digital Desk : DGP Rajiv Krishna said that route marshals will be deployed on 172 routes in 20 districts to prevent road accidents and improve traffic flow. To this end, the police have launched the C-RTC (City-Reducing Traffic Congestion) scheme.
He explained that the scheme has been launched to relieve people from traffic jams and raise awareness about road safety. The respective route marshals will be responsible for eliminating traffic jams on the routes identified under the scheme.
The DGP told reporters at police headquarters on Tuesday that traffic congestion is a growing problem in major cities, leading to road accidents. In the first phase of the plan, the most traffic-prone routes in all commissionerates and major districts have been identified.
The plan aims to ensure safer traffic on designated routes, reduce travel time, and reduce road accidents. Traffic inspectors and sub-inspectors will be deployed as route marshals.
Route marshals have been tasked with preventing traffic jams during peak hours, removing encroachments, and ensuring smooth operation of e-rickshaws. If any engineering flaws are discovered on any route, they will report them to the traffic chief. In the first phase, route marshals have been given the goal of reducing travel time by 20 percent.
The ZFD scheme reduced the number of deaths by 11.55 percent.
The DGP said that the Zero Fatality District (ZFD) scheme, launched last year to reduce road accidents, is yielding fruitful results.
According to the road accident data from January 1 to April 1 in 68 districts, there has been a reduction of 7.43 percent in accidents in the year 2026 as compared to the year 2025.
Additionally, the number of deaths decreased by 11.55 percent and the number of injuries decreased by 8.05 percent. In the first quarter of the year, approximately 450 accident-related deaths were reduced.
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