- Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated ‘Road Safety Week’ on Saturday, it’ll run until January 17
- In December, his authorities eliminated the obligatory helmet rule for two-wheeler drivers
- In Gujarat, 1500 people died as a consequence of not sporting helmets in 2018, the determine was 2190 in 2017.
Dainik bhaskar
Jan 12, 2020, 10:46 AM IST
Nagpur. Five lakh road accidents happen every yr in the nation. In this accident, one and a half lakh people die and round 3 lakh people are injured. Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry Nitin Gadkari gave this data at an occasion on Saturday. He mentioned that regardless of a number of consecutive steps by the ministry, there was no discount in the variety of lifeless. Gadkari launched ‘Road Safety Week’ which can run throughout the nation until 17 January.
Gadkari mentioned, “Road accidents trigger a lack of two per cent of the nation’s GDP. At the identical time, 62% of these killed in these accidents are in the age group of 18 to 35 years. ”He recommended the Tamil Nadu authorities for decreasing the variety of accidents by 29% and decreasing the casualties by 30%. He mentioned that together with consciousness of people and following visitors guidelines, road accidents will be decreased because of the united efforts of police, RTO, NGO and others.
Gujarat authorities removes obligatory helmet rule
The Gujarat authorities in December scrapped the rule of obligatory sporting of helmets in city areas. However, state and nationwide freeway or method road can also be obligatory. 1500 people misplaced their lives as a consequence of not sporting helmets in the state in 2018. Earlier in 2017, there have been 6068 accidents as a consequence of not sporting helmets. Of these, 2190 died.
Number of road accidents elevated by 0.46% in 2018
Earlier, in November final yr, the Ministry of Transport launched a report titled ‘Road Accidents in India-2018’ which acknowledged that there was a 0.46% enhance in the variety of road accidents in 2018 as in comparison with 2017. There was a 2.37% enhance in the variety of lifeless. At the identical time, there was a lower of 0.33% in the variety of injured in 2018 as in comparison with 2017.
20 people burnt alive in road accident in Kannauj
The AC bus caught fireplace in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, after a collision with a truck on Friday evening. 20 people had been reported to have burnt alive in the accident. According to police, there have been about 43 passengers in the bus. Of the 25 rescued, 23 are hospitalized. The bus was going from Farrukhabad to Jaipur. The accident was so horrible that the stranded passengers didn’t get an opportunity to depart.
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