Road accidents

हाल ही में जम्मू कश्मीर के डोडा में जिस तरह से बस हादसा हुआ था, वह बेहद दुखद और दिल दहला देने वाला था. लेकिन इस पहाड़ी क्षेत्र यूटी जम्मू-कश्मीर की यह पहली ऐसी घटना नहीं है.

हमने सीहोर और भोपाल शहर की गौशालाओं में जाकर यह जाना कि गौशालाओं की समस्याएं क्या हैं और मध्यप्रदेश में आवारा मवेशियों की क्या स्थिति है।

Responding to questions in Lok Sabha, Highways and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari provided information on expressways built, managed and controlled by the NHAI as well as addressing concerns on accidents and security measures.

The link between these seemingly distinct concerns has been acknowledged by the United Nations, which has incorporated road safety targets into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The report titled 'India Road Accidents - 2021', says that major indicators related to accidents have performed better in 2021 compared to 2019. "Road accidents decreased by 8.1% and injuries decreased by 14.8% in 2021 compared to 2019.

The deaths and injuries through accidents continues unabated on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway, as is revealed by the official figures.

14 people have died in a truck collision with a train on the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.

In Vadodara, Gujarat, 11 people died and around 15 people were injured in an accident on Wednesday morning.