In a major development on road safety, the MSRDC has roped in SaveLIFE Foundation, an NGO working on improving road safety across India, to come up with an Emergency Response Protocol (ERP). The plan, which has to be submitted in 10 days, will address all parameters in case of an accident or emergency, nodal agencies involved, inter-hospital transfers etc.

The meeting was chaired by Radheshyam Mopalwar, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, MSRDC along with senior officials. Between Jan 2018 and July 2018, SaveLIFE Foundation and JP Research investigated 16 crashes involving cars which left 23 people dead on Mumbai-Pune Express way. Eight of these 16 crashes involved collisions with heavy vehicles, that were either moving too slow or had broken down. Almost none of the trucks involved had the mandatory under-run protection guard or proper reflector materials, which is a serious violation of the Central Motor Vehicle Act in India.