Foggy days: Ludhiana administration orders road safety blitz.

Ludhiana: Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain issued time-bound orders on Tuesday to multiple agencies at a district road safety committee meeting, demanding urgent fog-safety upgrades and zero tolerance for lapses endangering lives on Punjab’s high-risk roads.Jain ordered immediate installation of cat’s eyes, reflectors and blinkers within five days on high-risk stretches, dividers, canal-side roads and sharp turns to guide drivers in fog by reflecting headlights. To curb rear-end collisions by heavy vehicles, he directed the District Industries Centre’s general manager, GST and Excise officials to enforce retro-reflective yellow tapes on all commercial vehicles. Roadways and PRTC officials must fit them on buses, while co-operatives and agriculture departments will ensure compliance for tractor-trolleys.On the Ladhowal Bypass and Samrala Chowk-to-Toll Plaza stretch toward Jalandhar, Jain tasked the National Highways Authority of India with installing speed barriers, rumbler stripes, blinkers, signages and view cutters immediately. He mandated intensive challaning of modified or overloaded vehicles breaching the Motor Vehicles Act, with a detailed report due by Jan 5, 2026.

School buses face checks for Safe School Vahan Policy compliance, warning that violations risk children’s lives.SDMs, RTA, Traffic Police, GMs of Roadways and PRTC, Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, PWD, Mandi Board and NHAI must submit compliance reports by Jan. 5, with a review meeting set for Jan. 6. Jain warned of strict disciplinary action for non-compliance.