NHAI issues new SOPs for toll plazas; managers to wear body cameras
By MYBRANDBOOK
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued some Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) under which the managers and supervisors of toll plazas will wear body cameras while dealing with unruly commuters, so that the sequence of events can be recorded.
In a statement, NHAI said that the SOPs are to safeguard commuters and toll operators, reduce incidents of altercations and strengthen security at toll plazas.
As per the official statement, The SOPs also include guidelines for NHAI field offices to ensure strict implementation and adherence by toll-collecting agencies to manage staff and road users. It is also mentioned in the SOPs that the field officers of NHAI will ensure that the toll-collecting agency performs its duties following guidelines.
"Any anticipated incidence of violence should only be handled by the toll plaza manager/lane supervisors, who will wear body cameras to record instances of violence at the toll plazas," the statement said.
In case of unruly behaviour by a road user, the statement said the lane supervisor shall intervene and try to resolve the issue peacefully.
"Under no circumstances, toll plaza staff shall use provocative language or resort to violence. Toll plaza officials may take help from local police and lodge an FIR in case the issue persists or escalates," the statement said, adding that videography can be done by the staff as proof to report such incidents to the police.
A new initiative has been announced by NHAI - 'Toll par Calm', under which it has collaborated with professional psychologists to provide anger management training to toll plaza staff. A Murthal toll plaza in Haryana, the first training session was held and more training will be conducted at other toll plazas across the country, the statement said.
Any incident involving an act of violence by a road user or damage to public property at a toll plaza should immediately be reported by the toll collecting agency to police and the NHAI Project Implementation Unit with all necessary documents/proof, it said.
NHAI field offices shall ensure that the toll collecting agency has completed police verification of each and every staff deployed at the toll plaza, the statement said. In addition, toll collecting agencies have been asked to direct toll plaza staff to be courteous with road users, it added.
Toll collection agencies have also been asked to give monthly statements of incidents/FIRs to the NHAI Project Implementation Unit concerned so that in case of inaction by authorities, NHAI field officials can report it to the district collector and seek action.
The statement noted that the issuance of the SOPs will help minimize instances of altercations between road users and toll plaza staff and will help both highway users and toll plaza officials in smooth conduct of day-to-day operations.
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