Last Updated: 21 Feb 2024
SSF is a High Tech 21st century Force & has separate uniform[1]
--Launched: 27 Jan 2024[2]
--Cabinet Approval Date: 11 Aug 2023[3]
IMPACT: 78% less Deaths in Road accidents during Feb-April 2024. Details here
Average response time of 6.50 minutes, surpasses the platinum 10-minute benchmark established by developed nations for emergency services
Punjab reported 4901 accidents
-- 3078 victims received immediate first-aid assistance
-- 2744 critically injured persons were transported to nearby hospitals
-- 144 new powerful vehicles bought: 116 High End Toyota Hilux & 28 Scorpio
-- Fitted with specialized equipment to check drunken driving and over speeding
-- Each covering a distance of 30 kilometres
All vehicles have been equipped with ultra modren gadgets like
The teams will be deployed 24X7 in 8 hour shift each
Recovery van
They will also have recovery van along with command and control centre enabled real time CCTV cameras
Tech & Investigation teams
There will be
SSF formed to increase road safety & bring down the number of accidents in the state
--2021: 4476 lives were lost in 580 road accidents
--Highway Patrol Routes identified based on the past years' road accidents trends
Read details here: Punjab Road Safety Research Center [AAP Wiki]
References:
https://www.bhaskar.com/local/punjab/news/igp-headquarters-sukhchain-singh-gill-press-conference-on-drugs-recovery-arrested-accused-in-punjab-police-operation-131395910.html ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=169381&headline=Mann-Cabinet-paves-way-for-Constitution-of-Sadak-Surakhya-Force-in-Punjab ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://dainiksaveratimes.com/punjab/punjab-ssf-released-90-days-report-card-prevented-4901-accidents-provided-first-aid-on-spot-to-3078-persons/ ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-to-get-road-safety-force-to-check-accidents-cm-bhagwant-mann-8655300/ ↩︎