Ministry of Road Transport & Highways18-April, 2023 20:18 IST
Safety Awards conferred on 42 bus drivers  for their unblemished services

With a view to recognize the Drivers for their efforts in ensuring safety and preventing road accidents while driving Public transport buses, Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)  today celebrated the HEROES ON THE ROAD felicitation in New Delhi. Secretary ,Ministry of  Road Transport & Highways Mrs Alka Upadhyay  gave away the Safety Awards to  42 drivers who were flown in along with their family members from all across the country for this event as a gesture of gratitude for their unblemished services. The top 17 drivers have all crossed recorded service of 30 years without an accident in their total service.

Currently, 80 State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTU) / SPVs under municipal Corporations are the members of ASRTU who are jointly operating approximately 1,50,000 buses and providing affordable and safer mobility to about 70 million passengers .ASRTU mainly deals with the promotion and improvement of Public Road Transport in the country. ASRTU serves as a forum to discuss the latest developments, identify key issues/challenges, and exchange information on the best practices of the State Road Transport Undertakings by conducting various meetings, conferences and seminars/workshops etc.

 The Ministry, along with related organizations and stakeholders has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of Road Safety based on Education, Engineering (both of Roads and Vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency care.With regard to SRTUs, the road accidents involve in SRTU buses is very less (0.09 accident rate) some of the SRTUs have maintained accident rate much less than the average of 0.09 (Haryana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu - Salem, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar and Delhi) in Urban Transport.

Few of the measures taken by SRTUs to reduce Road accidents are:

A. Driver Related

      1. Selection of educated and experienced driver in the recruitment stage itself
      2. Induction training and refresher training of the selected drivers
      3. Motivating the drivers by Awards and Rewards

B. Vehicle Related

      1. Maintenance of the bus as per the schedule and focus on safety related areas such as brakes, steering, headlights, tyres etc.
      2. Ergonomic design of driver seat
      3. Ensuring fitness of the vehicle at all the times

C. Operational Scheduling

i. Duty schedules and roasters with proper rest intervals to the drivers

ii. Crew restrooms with all amenities

D. Motivational Measures

i Ensuring refresher training programs to all the drivers at least once in an year.

ii Cash Awards and Certificates to the accident-free service drivers at a depot, region, zone and state level.

 

 

 

List of Drivers for Safety Awards

s. No.

Name of the Driver

STU

Years of

Accident

Free Service

Category

1

Kedari Tammanna Bakari

North west Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

38

Mofussil

2

Akula Mahaboob Basha

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

36

Mofussil

3

Ghodke Kisan Rambhau

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation

36

Mofussil

4

Kallu Somi Reddy

Telangna State Road Transport Corporation

35

Mofussil

5

Lakshmana Reddy

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation

35

City

6

Kandhi Ranga Reddy

Telangna State Road Transport Corporation

35

City

7

Shaik Dayan

Odisha State Road Transport Corporation

34

Mofussil

8

Siyaram Chaudhary

Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation

34

Mofussil

9

P. Swaminathan

TamilNadu State Road Transport Corporation -Villupuram

34

Mofussil

10

Eajaz Ahamed Sharif

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation

33

Mofussil

11

S. A. N. Raju

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

33

City

12

Ishaq Shariff

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation

33

City

13

Mir Pirubhai Chhotubhai

Gujrat State Road Transport Corporation

32

Mofussil

14

Divan Singh

Uttarakhand Transport Corporation

32

Mofussíl

15

N. Shanmugasundaram

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Coimbatore

31

rait/

16

T. Maria Gnaiah

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Tirunelvelí

30

City

17

M. Rajendiran

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Villupuram

30

City

18

Mohd. Rafique Abdul Sattar Mulla

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation

29

City

19

Suresh N. Bhavikatü

North west Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

29

City

20

M. Ramesh

Tamil Nadu State Road 'Transport Corporation - Madurai

28

Mofussil

21

IP. Angamuthu

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Salem

28

City

22

K. Andamuthu

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Coimbatore

27

Moíussil

23

C. Revichandran

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Kumbhkonam

27

Mofussil

24

S. Pairaj

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Kumbhkonam

27

City

25

(S. Veeramani

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)

26

City

26

Nandkumar Lawand

Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport

26

City

27

Kanagaraj

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Madurai

26

City

28

Aw;te Rajendra Mahadev

Solapur Municipal Transport Corporation

25

City

29

krun Narayan Kuchekar

Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd.

24

City

30

S. Ravichandran

State Express Transport Corporation

23

Mofussil

31

V. Thirumatai

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation - Salem

23

Mofussil

32

II. Meenatshi Sundaram

Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation -Tirunelveli

22

Mofussil

33

Girijashankar Laltaprasad Pandey

BEST Undertaking

21

City

34

Shemar V. Bhat

Kadamba Transport Corporation Ltd.

20

Mofussil

35

Muktltjar Singh

Pepsu Road Transport Corporation

17

Mofussil

36

N. Abdul Rasheed

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

16

City

37

S. Somenkatte

Kalyan Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

15

Mofussil

 

Shravan Kumar

Kalyan Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

15

City

39

Aneeshkumar

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

13

Mofussil

40

Pranjal Borah

Assam STransport Corporation

11

Mofussil

41

Bhaskar Kalita

Assam STransport Corporation

 

City

42

Anand kurnar

Utter Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

 

Mofussil

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