Uttarakhand has taken a step in direction of safer roads with the inauguration of Automated Driving Check Tracks (ADTTs) in Haridwar and Rishikesh by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, an initiative by Maruti Suzuki underneath its Company Social Duty (CSR) programme. It makes use of high-definition cameras and IT programs for clear and environment friendly driver evaluations, aiming to make sure solely expert drivers get hold of licenses and contribute to highway security within the state.The newly launched ADTTs are designed to guage driving expertise for mild motor automobiles (LMV) and two-wheelers, using know-how to take away human intervention from the testing course of. These tracks complement an current ADTT in Dehradun, which has been in operation since 2019.
The ADTTs use high-definition cameras and built-in IT programs to evaluate driving expertise. This automated system ensures a complete, environment friendly, and clear analysis course of for people looking for driving licenses. The evaluations are carried out in accordance with the Central Motor Automobile Guidelines (CMVR).
The Dehradun ADTT was beforehand recognised by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for Excellence and Good Governance in 2019-2020.
Brijesh Kumar Sant (IAS), Secretary Transport, Uttarakhand Authorities, mentioned “Our affiliation with Maruti Suzuki goes again to 2009, when the Institute of Driving and Site visitors Analysis was established in Dehradun. With the great analysis at ADTTs, we will be sure that solely expert drivers get a driving license. One other state-run highway security initiative the place we work with Maruti Suzuki is refresher coaching for industrial drivers earlier than Char Dham yatra (holy pilgrimage). I additionally praise the Firm for steering this coaching program, which helps put together drivers for the yatra route.”
Different CSR initiatives
Maruti Suzuki additionally conducts refresher coaching for industrial drivers in Uttarakhand earlier than the annual Char Dham Yatra, which prepares drivers for the difficult hilly terrains alongside the pilgrimage route.Rahul Bharti, Senior Government Officer, Company Affairs, Maruti Suzuki India, talked about “We thank the Uttarakhand Authorities for his or her continued affiliation with Maruti Suzuki. Below the visionary management of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand is quickly progressing. One of many key progress drivers for the state is tourism. Environment friendly and expert drivers are wanted to spice up tourism and contribute to safer roads. Our Automated Driving Check Tracks (ADTTs) can play an important function to realize this purpose by guaranteeing that solely expert and competent drivers obtain a license by way of a 100 per cent computerised, clear, and environment friendly testing course of.”
The refresher coaching programme is a prerequisite for the necessary Inexperienced Card, which is required for all industrial drivers in the course of the Char Dham Yatra. This 12 months, the coaching programme goals to cowl roughly 11,000 drivers on the Institute of Driving and Site visitors Analysis (IDTRs).
