Recently, the Delhi session court has directed Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora to meet with civic agencies for the installation of CCTV cameras at accident-prone places and make "sincere efforts" in installing high-resolution cameras at the locations.
Presiding Officer of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Shefali Barnala Tandon was hearing an application seeking directions to civic agencies for the installation of CCTV cameras at NH-8, Ring Road and Dhaula Kuan.
The court also sought a detailed report on traffic management from the Delhi top cop in light of numerous road accidents resulting in deaths or injuries.
The application was filed by Station House Officer Vipin Kumar during the hearing of a case registered at Delhi Cantonment police station under sections 279 ( rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.
"...Commissioner of police, Delhi, is directed to have a meeting(s) with civic agencies ie, the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India), PWD (Public Works Department), the Delhi Cantonment Board etc for installation of CCTV cameras at NH-8, Ring Road, Dhaula Kuan etc and make sincere efforts that high-resolution CCTV cameras are installed at the aforesaid places at the earliest so that most of the accidental cases can be worked out," the judge said in an order dated May 8.
During the hearing, the bench noted that the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019, is a benevolent legislation, brought with the object and intent to compensate the family of the deceased and the people who suffered injuries, including permanent disability, in road accidents.
"The tribunal has great concern over the same as the figures of such unsolved cases are alarming when most of the road accident cases can be solved by making use of technology and hi-technological devices, including CCTV cameras having a high resolution to capture the relevant details of an accident, which should be installed at major traffic areas on the roads of Delhi, and especially in the accident-prone areas," the judge said.
"Before parting with the aforesaid application, in this background of numerous road accidents resulting in death or injuries to the public at large and not losing sight of traffic condition in Delhi, the tribunal deems it appropriate to call for a detailed report on traffic management from the commissioner of police,"
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