Haryana Police launches pilot project to provide cashless treatment to road accident victims

Chandigarh – Additional Chief Secretary of Haryana’s Home Department, Dr. Sumita Mishra said the Central Government has expressed concern over the increasing road accidents in the country. She said the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued guidelines in this regard to the state police. The one hour after the accident is the golden hour, so if the victims are taken to the nearest hospital, precious lives can be saved.

She said the Haryana Police has taken a unique initiative in this regard and is providing cashless treatment facility of Rs 1.5 lakh to the injured victims, the duration of which will be a maximum of seven days from the date of the accident. So far, 21 persons have been given the benefit of cashless facility. Under the scheme, treatment facilities are being provided in government-empanelled hospitals by the National Health Authority, local police and state Health Department. The hospital management will upload the data of the injured person in its software and inform the concerned police station. The police station will confirm within 6 hours whether the person is injured in a road accident or not. After confirmation, the injured person will be provided cashless treatment facility. She said this treatment facility will be available under Section 162 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

She also instructed the police officers to give special emphasis on installing traffic warning signs on national highways and state highways, in which signs like accident prone zones and cat’s eye on dangerous mode should be installed. People should also be made aware of following traffic rules. She said the common man should come forward to help the victims of road accidents.