India’s road safety

India’s Road Safety Month

This year instead of "Road, Safety Week", a month-long campaign "National Road Safety Month" will be observed from 18th January 2021 to 17th February 2021.
The theme of this year is, "Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha".

India’s road safety data

India has the world’s worst record on road safety.
India has, according to the just-released World Bank-commissioned report, Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities:
- 1% of the world’s vehicles but 11% of all road accident deaths;
The Union Transport Ministry put the number of dead in 2019 at 1,51,113 and injured at 4,51,361.
Those who suffer the most are from low-income households, especially in rural areas, and women bear the long-term financial and psychological impact of the losses more.
India’s highways have witnessed 61% of deaths from just 5% of all accidents, as per 2019 data.
Political parties and others fix illegal flag poles and spears on car bonnets and metal contraptions to SUV bumpers, which are deadly in an accident.

Steps to be taken

The Centre must now set a timeline to operationalise the National Road Safety Board, to lay down engineering standards and complaints procedures that will help citizens hold States to account.
Need for technical investigation which will be conducted by safety experts.

Way ahead

Ending the “silent pandemic” of accidents will need education, civil society cooperation and professional policing.

Source: TH

Join Our Telegram

Removal of Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor

Tax on PF withdrawals

World bank logistic performance index 2023

28 Apr, 23
SHARE

India is now ranked 38th out of 139 nations in the Logistic Performance Index (LPI) 2023 of the World Bank. From its previous rankings of 44th in 2018 and 54th in 2014, this is a notable improvement. Earlier, the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Report 2022 was published by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. About Logi

Smuggling of Gold

28 Apr, 23
SHARE

Airports discovered more than 63% of this illegal gold. The Department of Revenue Intelligence recently conducted the Golden Dawn Operation across India, seizing 101.7 kg of illegal gold valued at Rs 51 crore. Despite the fact that India receives a legal import of about 800-1,000 tonnes of gold each year, the illicit market is thought to be

India-Thailand Relations

27 Apr, 23
SHARE

Both parties expressed satisfaction with the ongoing bilateral defence cooperation at the 8th India-Thailand Defence Dialogue, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Cultural ties and mutual cooperation that have been shaped by thousands of years of lasting historical and cultural ties characterise India and Thailand relations. Highlight

Translocation of Elephants

27 Apr, 23
SHARE

The Kerala government's appeal of the order of the Kerala High Court is rejected by the Supreme Court. The Kerala government's appeal against the Kerala High Court's directive to move Arikomban (Wild Elephant), the "rice tusker" of Munnar, to the Parambikulam tiger reserve was recently dismissed by the Supreme Court.

Global Buddhist Summit

26 Apr, 23
SHARE

Global Buddhist Summit In order to improve diplomatic and cultural ties with other nations, the Ministry of Culture recently organised the First Global Buddhist Summit 2023 in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). About the summit "Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis" is