Commissioner of Greater Chennai Police Shankar Jiwal on Thursday said steps have been taken to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities.
Mr. Jiwal inaugurated an office for the Traffic Warden Organisation on the premises of his office. Kapil Kumar C. Saratkar, Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, was present.
The wardens are drawn from various backgrounds such as engineers, doctors, and self-employed and are appointed by the Commissioner. The traffic warden organisation is headed by chief traffic warden M. Harish Metha, who is assisted by four deputy chief traffic wardens.
At present, there are 142 traffic wardens in Chennai and 24 more, including three women, have been recently selected and are undergoing training. They do regular duty at various traffic junctions on weekends.
Task force
Later, Mr. Jiwal told reporters that the Chief Minister had constituted a special task force on road safety and it would be converted as road safety authority. He said 104…