Section 11 in Jammu and Kashmir Road Safety Fund Rules, 2018
11. Schemes to be financed.
- Schemes to be financed from the Fund shall be as below :-(a)Road safety measures : i. to install and maintain mandatory/regulatory, cautionary and informative road signboards, traffic signals and signages as per immediate local needs, in the interest of public safety, wherever it is not possible for other Departments to install/ maintain them ;ii. to set up "Road Accident Data Base Management System" for gathering data related to road accidents and for analysis of road accidents data to frame policies to reduce road accidents and to take corrective/reformatory measures ;iii. to identify accident prone places/black spots ;iv. to purchase and maintain ambulances, other accessories, salaries of driver, paramedic staff and expenditure on fuel of ambulances utilized to provide immediate medical relief to persons injured in accidents wherever it is not possible to incur expenditure by other Departments ;v. to reimburse expenditure incurred on transportation of persons injured in road accidents to hospitals in case of exigencies ;vi. to purchase and maintain equipment for traffic management and road safety including cranes and weighing machines/ weigh bridges etc. ;vii. to strengthen driving training systems and setting up model driving training schools and driving test tracks and strengthening existing driving license system ;viii. to set up certification centers for checking fitness of vehicles and issuance of certificates of fitness ;ix. to provide Mobile Testing Equipment for vehicles ;x. to set up check posts, install weigh bridges and maintain parking areas for impounded vehicles ;xi. to undertake any measures related to road safety and traffic management which the Committee deems appropriate.(b)Traffic Education : i. to establish traffic education parks ;ii. for wide publicity of traffic rules ;iii. to organize competitions for imparting knowledge of traffic rules and building awareness about road safety amongst students and general public ;iv. to prepare publicity material related to traffic management and road safety ;v. to purchase and maintain equipment related to traffic education ;vi. to purchase publicity vans equipped with audio-video equipment, computers/other accessories to utilize them to impart traffic education to public at large ;vii. to organize road safety exhibitions ;viii. to organize seminars, workshops, meetings, rallies, competitions and other such programme related to road safety ;ix. to organize traffic related training for officers/staff of police, transport and Urban Local Bodies ;x. to conduct studies to improve traffic management for controlling road accidents.(c)Traffic Enforcement : i. to purchase, operate and maintain modern traffic enforcement equipment ;ii. to purchase and maintain vehicles.
