District Profile DUMKA 1 | Page Index S. No. Topic Page No 1 About District 3 2 Road Accident 4 2.a Accidents According to the Classification of Road 4 2.b Accidents According to Classification of Road Features 5 2.c Accidents According to Classification of Road Environment 5 2.d Accidents Classification According to Urban/Rural & Time 6 2.e Accidents Classification According to Weather Conditions 7 3 Urgent Need of Stiff Enforcement drive 7 4 Need of Road Safety 7 4.a Glimpse of Awareness Program/workshop in School & Colleges 8 4.b Glimpse of Painting, Quiz & GD Competition in School & Colleges 9 4.c Prize distribution 10 4.d Glimpse of Road Safety Awareness Activities 11 4.e Hoardings at different locations of block, P.S & C.S.C. 12 5 Measures taken by NH/SH/RCD divisions for Road Safety 13 5.a Glimpse of Measures taken by NH/SH/RCD divisions for Road Safety 15 5.b Black Spot Inspection 15 6 Enforcement Drive by DTO & Police 15 7 Accident Spot Inspection/ Mobi-Tab Fillup on spot 15 8 To save lives during “Golden Hour” 16 9 Hit & Run 17 10 CHALLENGES WE (DPIU) ARE FACING 17 2 | Page About District Dumka is the headquarters of Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, it is a city in the state and also sub capital of Jharkhand. Area: 3,761 Sq. Km. Population: 13,21,442 Language: Hindi,Santhali, Bangla Villages: 2925 Male: 6,68,514 Female: 6,52,928 There are three state boundaries i.e. 1. Ranishwar(Pattabari – Suri road) - Connecting with West Bangal (Suri) 2. Maluti (Dumka - Rampurhat road) – Connecting with West Bangal (Rampurhat) 3. Tilatanr (Dumka - Hansdiha road) – Connecting with Bihar (Bhagalpur) 4. Masalia (Dumka - Masalia road) – Connecting with West Bangal (Asansol) There are six district boundaries of Jharkhand i.e. 1. Saraiyahat (Hansdiha – Deoghar road) – Connecting with Deoghar 2. Hansdiha (Hansdiha – Godda road) – Connecting with Godda 3. Gopikander( Dumka – Pakur road) – Connecting with Pakur 4. Jama (Dumka - Jamtara road) – Connecting with Deoghar Road details of district: 1. NH114A – Dumka – Deoghar Road 2. NH114A – Dumka – Rampurhat Road 3. NH133 – Hansdiha – Deoghar Road 4. NH133 – Hansdiha – Godda Road 5. SH16 – Dumka – Jamtara Road 6. SH17 – Dumka – Bhagalpur Road 7. SH18 – Dumka – Pakur Road 8. MDR191 – Dumka – Ramgarh via Guhiyajori 9. MDR193 – Dumka – Masalia Road 10. MDR196 – Pattabari –Massanjore Road 11. MDR197 – Ranibahal – Maheshkhala Road 12. MDR198 – Gopikander – Pakuria Road 13. MDR248 – Kathikund – Shikaripara Road 3 | Page Road Accident LAST 3 YEARS ACCIDENTS DATA 350 300 250 200 150 NUMBEROF 100 50 ACCIDENTS/FATALITIES/INJURY 0 2017 2018 2019 ACCIDENTS 226 279 299 FATAL 155 211 226 INJURY 146 284 209 Accidents According to the Classification of Road Residential Institutional Junket Area Open Area Expressway Area Area 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% National Highway 25% Other Roads 45% State Highway 29% 29 % of road accidents occur on state highway, 25% in National highway, 45 % in other road(like unnamed road, inside village or town road, mud road etc) and only 1% in residential area. 4 | Page Accidents According to Classification of Road Features Culvert T Junction Y Junc. Four arm Round 0%Bridge 0% 1% Junc. About 6% 2% Junc. 1% Curved Road 10% Straight Road 80% 80 % accidnets occur on straight road, 10% in curved road, 6% in Bridge, 2% in four arm junction, 1 % in Y-Junction and 1% in Round about junction. Accidents According to Classification of Road Environment Chart Title ACCIDENTS KILLED Injured 121 98 85 90 62 56 48 41 29 19 21 20 16 12 16 1. Residential 2. Institutional 3. Market/ 4. Open Area 5. Others Area Area Commercial (Specify) area Most of the accidents occurs on other area i.e.(Rural road, PCC Road, Mud road, roads connecting to the village. Next most accidents occurred on open area i.e. no structure/construction in both side of the road. Some accidents occurs in market , institutional and Residential area. 5 | Page Accidents Classification According to Urban/Rural & Time URBAN TIME WISE ACCIDENTS 60 50 40 30 20 10 URBAN ACCIDENTS 0 URBAN KILLED NUMBEROF ACCIDENTS URBAN INJURED TIME RURAL TIME WISE ACCIDENTS 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 RURAL ACCIDENT 0 RURAL KILLED NUMBEROF ACCIDENTS RURAL INJURED TIME By comparision of both Rural and Urban accidents data, most of the accidents occurs on Urban area and 15:00 to 18:00 hrs. But in Rural area mostly accidents occurs in early morning 06:00 to 09:00 hrs and at night 18:00 to 21:00 hrs. 6 | Page Accidents Classification According to Weather Conditions ACCIDENTS ACCORDING TO WEATHER 120 100 80 60 40 ACCIDENTS 20 ACCIDNET 0 KILLED INJURED WEATHER Most of the accidents occur in Sunny/clear weather, mostly people killed in this weather too. But most of the person injured in Foggy & Misty weather. Need of Road Safety Road Safety Rules and Regulations are made for the safety of the citizens. They are important as: They make people responsible by giving them the duty to follow the rules. They ensure the safety of drivers, pedestrians, riders on the road They prevent accidents and promote the smooth functioning of traffic. Awareness through Education Total School Visited : 57 Total Awareness Program: 41 7 | Page Glimpse of Awareness Program/workshop in School & Colleges 8 | Page Glimpse of Painting, Quiz & GD Competition in School & Colleges 9 | Page Prize distribution 10 | Page limpse of Road Safety Awareness Activities 11 | Page Hoardings at different locations of block, P.S & C.S.C. 12 | Page Measures taken by NH/SH/RCD divisions for Road Safety Details Road Safety Work by NH/SH/RCD Speed Limit Sign Board Erected 116 Different Type of Sign Board Erected 1146 Road Marking 83KM Junction Improvement NIL Rumble Strip Provided 32 Black Spot Rectification Work Long Term Short Term Measures Place Road Measures Completed Completed This black spot is located in NH 114A between Dumka to West Bengal boarder near Pattabari Chowk.It is a T- junction.Junction improvement has been DUMKA- done at this location under PATTABARI RAMPURHAT the project named BARMASIA ROAD(NH114A) Strengthening work in 12.325km to 62.760km of NH-114A for the year 2017-18.Other road safety measures like cautionary signboards and rumble strips have also been provided at this location. This black spot is located in NH 114A between Dumka-Rampurhat route DUMKA- near RR camp.Temporary DASORAIDIH RAMPURHAT measures like cautionary ROAD(NH114A) & mandatory signboards, rumble strips and crash barriers has been 13 | Page provided at this location. Permanent rectification of this black spot has been considered in the proposed This black spot is located project named in NH 114A under pass Widening to 2-lane near Pusaro bridge with Paved DUMKA- PUSARO Dumka.Temporary Shoulder and DEOGHAR BRIDGE DUMKA measures like cautionary Geometric ROAD(NH114A) signboards and rumble Improvement of strips has already been NH-114A from Km- provided at this location. 66(P) Tower Chowk, Dumka to Km-87(Basukinath) in the state of Jharkhand for the year 2019-20. Permanent rectification of this black spot has been considered in This black spot is located the proposed in NH 114A near Asanthar project named village in Jama block of Widening to 2-lane Dumka district.Widening with Paved DUMKA- of curve has been done at Shoulder and ASANTHAR DEOGHAR this location and safety Geometric ROAD(NH114A) measures like cautionary Improvement of signboards,delineators, NH-114A from Km- crash barriers and rumble 66(P) Tower strips has already been Chowk, Dumka to provided at this location. Km-87(Basukinath) in the state of Jharkhand for the year 2019-20. This black spot is located Permanent in NH 114A near rectification of this Basukinath Bus stand black spot has DUMKA- BASUKINATH Jarmundi Block of Dumka been considered in DEOGHAR BUS STAND district.Temporary the proposed ROAD(NH114A) measures like cautionary project named signboards and rumble Widening to 2-lane strips has already been with Paved 14 | Page provided at this location. Shoulder and Geometric Improvement of NH-114A from Km- 66(P) Tower Chowk, Dumka to Km-87(Basukinath) in the state of Jharkhand for the year 2019-20. This black spot is located in NH 114A near Kushbad village in Jarmundi Block of Dumka JARMUNDI DUMKA- district.Temporary BAJRANGBALI DEOGHAR measures like speed limit MORE ROAD(NH114A) signboards, cautionary signboards and rumble strips has been provided at this location. Glimpse of Measures taken by NH/SH/RCD divisions for Road Safety Images Black Spot Inspection Images\Details Enforcement Drive by DTO & Police Overloading vehicles, two wheelers, four wheelers have always been investigated by the District Transport Officer with the help of police administration. Road Safety counseling to traffic violators = 276 Accident Spot Inspection/ Mobi-Tab Fillup on spot NIL To save lives during “Golden Hour” Details 15 | Page Number of Ambulances Number of Calls attended by Ambulances (2018-19) (2018-19) 12 146 12 112 12 130 12 145 12 140 12 121 13 117 13 130 13 132 13 149 13 149 13 145 GOVT AMBULANCE MAPPING- HOSPITAL 108-AMBULANCE 10 13 Hit & Run Total Hit & Run Cases Received- 9 Hit & Run Settled- 4 Hit & Run Cases processed - 5 SL. SETTLED HIT & RUN BENEFICIARY NAME & FIR NO VICTIM NAME NO. ADDRESS 0009/2019 Reshma Khatun, Dhebadih, Barmasia, PS- 1. Samser Ansari (Jama PS) Shikaripara 0081/2019 Anupama Devi, Sapha, Rupauli, Purniya, Bihar- 2. (Hansdiha Tarun Kumar 854204 PS) 0081/2019 Ranjana Devi, Sapha, Naya Nandgola, Tikapatti, 3. (Hansdiha Anil Mandal Purnea, Bihar-854101 PS) 0081/2019 Shanti Devi, Sapha Bahiyar, Katihar, Bihar- 4. (Hansdiha Subhash Mandal 854101 PS) 16 | Page 17 | Page .