Telangana has ordered monthly meetings of district road safety committees and mandatory audits of state and district road safety funds as part of a new framework aimed at reducing road accidents and fatalities across the state. The guidelines also require online tracking of fund receipts and expenditure, along with coordinated reporting by departments and agencies responsible for roads, policing, healthcare, education and emergency response.
The framework was issued through a government order in accordance with directives from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar said the measures were intended to strengthen road safety administration, prevent accidents and improve coordination between agencies.
Under the new system, the road safety cess collected under the Telangana Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2026, will be credited to the Telangana road safety non-lapsable fund. The statutory state road safety council, headed by the chief minister with the transport minister as vice-chairman, will oversee the administration and management of the fund.
The government has decided to extend its online accounting system to all districts. The system is intended to allow authorities to monitor receipts and expenditure in real time and improve transparency in the use of road safety funds. Accounts maintained at both state and district levels will be subject to mandatory audits by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Details of the funds and their utilisation will also be uploaded to the Union road transport ministry’s portal. The information will be accessible to the Supreme Court committee on road safety, according to the framework reported by Times of India – Hyderabad.
District collectors have been directed to activate district road safety committees and ensure that they meet every month. Each district will also have to appoint a road safety coordinator and submit a district road safety plan setting out the measures proposed to improve safety.
The police, health, roads and buildings, and education departments, along with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, have been asked to appoint nodal officers for road safety coordination within their respective jurisdictions. The framework places responsibility across multiple departments rather than limiting road safety implementation to transport or police authorities.
Several departments and agencies will be required to submit quarterly action-taken reports to the lead agency for road safety. These include TG-TMARS, the roads and buildings department, the public health department, the panchayat raj department, the National Highways Authority of India, 108 emergency services provider EMRI, school and collegiate education departments, the excise department and the municipal administration department.
The reports are intended to help authorities track the implementation of road safety measures across departments and review progress periodically. The office of the additional director-general of police for road safety will function under the state road safety council to improve coordination among the agencies involved.
The government said the guidelines would establish a structured mechanism for managing road safety funds, monitoring their utilisation and coordinating interventions at state and district levels. The next implementation steps are the activation of district committees, appointment of coordinators and nodal officers, preparation of district road safety plans and submission of periodic action-taken reports.
