India gets lead agency for road safety; govt notifies Board at national level

NEW DELHI: Finally, the government has notified the constitution of National Road Safety Board, which will function as the lead agency at national level to deal with matters relating to road safety.

The notification issued by the road transport and highways ministry on Monday is aimed at putting integrated efforts in collaboration with states to reduce road crashes and improve all aspects of safety. The provision for establishing the Board with experts from different fields was provisioned in the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act of 2019.

Several countries across the world including the United States, Sweden and Australia have lead agencies at national level.