Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Telangana Establishes Unified Traffic, Road and Rail Safety Bureau
Telangana has created a new bureau to help make traffic, roads and rail travel safer.
It is called the Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau, or TG-TMARS.
The bureau will work across Telangana’s more than 32,000-kilometre road network.
It will manage traffic, patrol highways and investigate crashes.
It will also help enforce traffic and railway laws and study crash and enforcement data.
The bureau will have separate teams for traffic and road and rail safety.
Police officers will use cameras and other devices to identify vehicles and detect speeding.
Every police station will have an officer to respond to crashes and help people receive medical care quickly.
Some traffic-fine money will pay for safety equipment, patrol vehicles, repairs and enforcement.
Telangana has established the Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS) under the Telangana State Police.
The bureau will coordinate traffic management, enforcement, highway patrolling, crash investigations, analytics and rail safety across the state.
It will operate through Traffic and Road & Rail Safety wings and be headed by an Additional Director General of Police or Inspector General of Police.
Highway patrol personnel will use automatic number plate recognition devices, dashboard cameras and speed detectors.
Forty per cent of traffic-fine collections will fund technology, patrol vehicles, emergency road repairs and enforcement.
- Who
- The Telangana government and Telangana State Police established TG-TMARS, under the supervision of the Director General of Police and the State Road Safety Council.
- What
- A specialised bureau was created to unify traffic management, enforcement, highway patrols, crash investigations, enforcement analytics, prosecution and road and rail safety.
- When
- The Government Order was issued on Thursday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- The bureau will be headquartered in Hyderabad and operate across Telangana, including urban areas, highways, expressways and the Outer Ring Road.
- Why
- It was created to address traffic congestion and crashes, standardise traffic policing and implement electronic monitoring and enforcement under the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Official name
- Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS)
- Road network
- More than 32,000 kilometres
- Registered vehicles
- More than 1.8 crore
- Structure
- Traffic and Road & Rail Safety wings
- Leadership
- A Director of the rank of Additional Director General of Police or Inspector General of Police
- Personnel
- Around 300 police personnel will be moved into the bureau
- Traffic-fine allocation
- Forty per cent will fund technology, patrol vehicles, emergency road repairs and enforcement
- Publicity restriction
- Publicity spending from the fund will be capped at 5 per cent, with banners and hoardings prohibited
