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EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित

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Part II - Section 3

केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशािन

ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

F.No. M-17067/58/2024-TRANSPORT SECTION (Comp. No.24945)

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

Subject:- Strict and immediate compliance with the directives of Supreme Court Committee

on Road Safety (SCCoRS) - Road Safety Enforcement, Reduction of Road Accidents

and Prevention of Fatalities.

Circular No. 02 - Trans (UTL) of 2025

Dated: 24.11.2025

The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCoRS), vide its Reference No. 31/CoRS/2025 dated 17^th

October, 2025 (copy enclosed), has issued mandatory instructions that all States/UTs are required to ensure strict and

immediate compliance with the orders relating to improving road safety, reduction of road accidents and prevention of

fatalities.

लद्दाख, 25 नवंबर, 2025

LADAKH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 25, 2025

भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-25112025-1650

SG-LD-E-25112025-1650

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2

In compliance to these directions, all Transport Authorities, Police Authorities and field enforcement units are

required to intensify enforcement and operational measures and to ensure strict, uniform and time-bound compliance

with the said directions.

The following priority areas shall have to receive immediate and focused enforcement:-

A. Pedestrian Safety & Pedestrian crossings:

a) Framing and notifying road safety rules under section 138(1A) and 210D of Motor Vehicle Act,

1988, if not already in place.

b) Conducting infrastructure audit of pedestrian facilities, identifying deficiencies in existing footpaths,

crossings, prioritizing areas where there have been pedestrian injuries/deaths, repair and road

engineering improvements.

c) District Road Safety Committees (DRSCs) should mandatorily address pedestrian safety issues in

their monthly meetings.

d) Implementing an effective online mechanism for grievances regarding footpaths, encroachments and

suggestion for pedestrian crossing.

B. Wearing of Helmets – Enforcement thereof:

a) Strict enforcement of Sections 128, 129 & 194-D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, making use of

helmet mandatory for all two-wheeler riders, pillion riders and enforcing measure, innovative

schemes, programs etc. must be introduced with its continuous monitoring on day-to-day basis.

b) Strict enforcement for prohibiting two wheelers on expressways and other high-speed corridors.

c) Adoption of e-enforcement mechanism such as cameras etc. for reducing the traffic violations.

C. Unlawful and Wrongful Lane Discipline:

a) Strict enforcement of Section 136-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and taking strict action against

unlawful and wrongful lane driving.

b) Promoting public awareness and monitoring through available technological means.

D. White LED Dazzling Lights, Re-Blue Strobe Lights and Unauthorized Hooters:

Transport Authorities and Traffic Police to prescribe maximum permissible luminance and beam

angles for vehicle headlights.

b. Ensure strict prohibition and complete ban on Re-Blue strobe flashing Re-blue lights and

seizure/penalties of illegal hooters.

Ensure compliance through PUC testing and Vehicle Fitness Certification.

Accordingly, it is enjoined upon all the concerned authorities of Transport Department (RTO/ARTOs/MVIs,

Enforcement Squads etc.), Police Department (Traffic Police, Enforcement Squads, Highway Patrol Units etc.), District

task forces and Municipalities to ensure strict compliance to the above directions and also ensure widest circulation of

these directions among their field units/functionaries.

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3

RTO, UT of Ladakh shall submit a detailed compliance in the matter containing action taken reports,

statistical data on enforcement, details of sustained campaigns on weekly and monthly basis to the Transport

Department. Further, other enforcement agencies shall also submit the similar compliance reports to their Department,

which shall be shared with the SCCoRS.

Encl:- A/A

Sd/-

(Bhupesh Chaudhary) IAS,

Administrative Secretary.

Copy to the:

1. Chairman, Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCoRS).

2. Director General of Police, UT of Ladakh.

3. Director, Urban Local Bodies, UT of Ladakh.

4. Deputy Commissioners, Leh/Kargil.

5. SSP, Traffic Police, UT of Ladakh.

6. SSPs, Leh/Kargil.

7. Regional Transport Officer, UT of Ladakh.

8. Joint Director, Information, UT of Ladakh.

9. Director, NIC Leh for uploading the circular on website/publication in Ladakh e-Gazette.

10. Assistant Regional Transport Officers, Leh/Kargil.

11. PS to Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh for kind information of the Hon’ble Lieutenant

Governor.

12. PS to the Chief Secretary, UT of Ladakh for kind information of the Chief Secretary.

13. PS to the Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department, UT of Ladakh.

14. PA to the Administrative Secretary, Transport Department for kind information of the Administrative

Secretary.

15. Office records.

(Dr. Mohammad Usman Khan) JKAS,

Additional Secretary.

“No legal responsibility is accepted for the contents of publication of advertisements/publications in this part of The

Ladakh Gazette. Persons notifying the advertisements/public notices will remain solely responsible for the legal

consequences and also for any other misrepresentation etc.”

MOHD

USMAN

KHAN

Digitally signed by

MOHD USMAN

KHAN

Date: 2025.11.25

15:25:59 +05'30'

MICHAEL

MANNY

DSOUZA

Digitally signed by

MICHAEL MANNY

DSOUZA

Date: 2025.11.25

16:31:05 +05'30'