Chandigarh, June 3 -- The Haryana Fund Management Committee (FMC) on road safety, at a meeting held here on Monday, approved a budget of Rs 74.5 crore for the year 2025-26. The allocation aims to reduce road accident fatalities and enhance emergency response systems across the state. The eighth meeting of the FMC on road safety was chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi.
A sum of 17.50 crore has been allocated for the Health Department for the purchase of around 50 Basic Life Support ambulances while Rs 19 crore has been allocated to the Police Department to establish CCTV-based city surveillance systems in 19 districts. Additionally, Rs 10 crore has been sanctioned for District Road Safety Committees (DRSCs) to carry out safety activit...