February 23, 2020 Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has reportedly told Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Tokheho Yepthomi that the delay in Dimapur-Kohima four-lane road project was due to acute cash flow shortage faced by the contractors. The four-lane road is being constructed by two contractors…
Read MoreNitin Gadkari plans pollution control ideas in the country
February 23, 2020 Reportedly the supreme court on wednesday (February 19) ‘requested’ Union Road Transport minister nitin gadkari to come to the apex court and share “innovative ideas” on tackling pollution. An sc bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said that it was a request for the inputs of…
Read MoreUnion MoS Gen VK Singh inspects road projects in Uttarakhand
February 23, 2020 The Union Minister of State for Road Transport General VK Singh on Saturday concluded his three-day tour of Uttarakhand where he inspected work on the all-weather road project and other highways.”Work on the all-weather road project is being carried out at a fast pace. I also carried…
Read MoreKerala wants to reintroduce two-driver rule for trucks
February 23, 2020 The state government has decided to approach the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to reintroduce the two-driver rule for national permit trucks and lorries.The MoRTH had amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rule in March 2018 to allow national permit heavy vehicles to ply with…
Read More11 pc of world?s road accident deaths take place in India: Gadkari
February 23, 2020 Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that 11 per cent of deaths in the world due to road accidents take place in India alone.He made the comments on Wednesday while addressing the ?3rd High-Level Global Conference on Road Safety for Achieving Global Goals 2030? in…
Read MoreBuilders insist on load test for flyover
February 23, 2020 Anil Joseph, structural consultant, Geo Structurals, spoke about the studies and repair schedules presented by IIT Madras under the guidance of prof P K Aravindan in January 2017. In the report submitted by regional officer, ministry of road transport and highways on March 16, 2018, it was…
Read MoreHighway maintenance work still pending as end of work season approaches
February 23, 2020 ?Tender has been recently awarded, but the letter of acceptance has not been issued to the firm as the department has to first send the proposal to the ministry of road transport and highways for approval,? the highway officials said, adding that the entire process ?may take…
Read MoreRoad Safety Authority to chalk out ways to curb accidents
February 23, 2020 The Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) will convene an emergency meeting here on Tuesday to chalk out strategies to prevent occurrences similar to the Tiruppur bus accident in the State.” Media Source:Online Google Publication Name:The Hindu Edition:Online Web https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/krsa-to-chalk-out-ways-to-curb-accidents/article30890307.ece
Read MoreSC road safety panel pulls up Odisha govt over fatalities
February 23, 2020 The Supreme Court committee on road safety has observed that though over-speeding was responsible for more than 68% accident deaths in Odisha in 2018, the state has not made significant progress in checking speed limit violation. “ Media Source:Online Google Publication Name:The Times of India Edition:Online Web…
Read MoreFresh push to find accident-prone spots in Jamshedpur
February 23, 2020 A year ago, there had been 311 mishaps with 157 of them being fatal.And the increase came despite several road safety exercises undertaken by district administration jointly with Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Limited (formerly Jusco).” Media Source:Online Google Publication Name:The Telegraph Edition:Online Web https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/fresh-push-to-find-accident-prone-spots-in-jamshedpur/cid/1747647
Read MoreNear Shaheen Bagh, barricades still dog traffic flow
February 23, 2020 Sunil Kumar Mishra, traffic and road safety researcher at IIT-Delhi, said that the opening of this road might benefit some commuters but traffic jams are likely to return on Monday. ?Unless the route from Noida and at least a portion of the protest site is opened for…
Read MoreCarelessness of lorry driver might have caused mishap:Minister
February 23, 2020 The government was considering a suggestion to cancel the permit of the offending truck, he said.He said the state government has decided to call a meeting of the road safety authority to discuss the safety ofpassengers on National Highways. “The road safety authority will meet on February…
Read MoreAllahabad: Killer roads claimed 184 lives in 365 accidents in January-February
February 23, 2020 Road accidents killed 184 commuters and left 216 injured in the four districts comprising Allahabad range between January 1 and February 20 this year, shows police data. The number of road accidents reported during the period was 365. The four districts which comprise Allahabad range are Allahabad,…
Read MoreHyderabad: Woman dies in road accident
February 23, 2020 Amul applied brakes sudden in an attempt to escape from a vehicle coming in the wrong direction due to which Vijayakanta fell from the bike. She fell on the road and came under a water tanker passing by. She suffered grievous injuries and was shifted to a…
Read MoreRoad accident claims three lives in UP
February 23, 2020 Three people died when their motorcycle was hit by a SUV while trying avoid a collision with a cow in Chandvak area here, police said here on Saturday.They were identified as Rajendra Prasad ( 32), Mukesh Kumar (21) and Ashish Gautam( 19), native of Tudwapar village under…
Read More6 killed in separate road accidents in Telangana
February 23, 2020 Venkataiah (48), a native of Pulkonipalli of Hanwada Mandal was residing in Shamshabad here in the city. Venkataiah and his elder daughter died in the road accident on Friday when DCM lorry hit his bike at Dharmapur of Mahbubnagar district.” Media Source:Online Google Publication Name:The Hans India…
Read MoreHyderabad: Three killed in car accident
February 23, 2020 A local said that Madhu and Sreedhar Reddy had gone to an agriculture well to wash the car for Maha Shivaratri. They were returning home when the accident occurred, claiming the three lives.ACP Sattaiah said that CCTV footage of the road in the area showed that the…
Read MoreTwo RTC buses collided in East Godavari district
February 23, 2020 In an incident, several people sustained injuries in a road accident when two RTC buses collided in East Godavari district. The buses belong to Amalapuram depot. At the time of the accident, one bus was coming from Rajamahendravaram to Amalapuram, and another bus was moving towards from…
Read MoreTwo killed, four injured as truck rams bullock cart in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur
February 23, 2020 Two persons were killed and four others were injured in a road accident when a truck rammed a prabha on National Highway 16 at Timmapuram village of Edlapadu mandal in Guntur district on Friday.The locals of Pedagottipadu were on their way to Kotappakonda Tirunallu with a prabha…
Read MoreKerala bids adieu to bus mishap victims
February 23, 2020 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami had on Thursday told the state assembly that 20 people were killed and 28 injured in the accident.According to the transport officials here, two passengers escaped unhurt.Saseendran said the government arranged for ambulances to bring the bodies of the victims to…
Read MoreDelhi traffic police frowns on careless joyrides on Yulu bikes
February 23, 2020 So far, the company has stationed 450 Yulu bikes at docks outside 35 Delhi Metro Stations like Mandi House, Barakhamba Road, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhavan, Khan Market, Munirka and IIT, which can be availed through a mobile application 24×7.(Road accident)” Media Source:Online Google Publication Name:Hindustan Times…
Read MoreClass II student, injured in pool car accident, dies of multiple organ failure
February 23, 2020 The Class II student, who was injured in a road accident at Polba, Hooghly, last week, died of multiple organ failure on Saturday, doctors said.Doctors of SSKM Hospital where Rishabh Singh was battling for his life for the past eight days said he died around 5 am….
Read MoreBengaluru: Residents promote traffic rules with songs, dance
February 23, 2020 Music wafted across the stretch between Sarakki junction and Banashankari temple on Kanakapura Road. It was a festival with twin objectives – celebrating culture and promoting awareness among people about adhering to traffic norms. Kanakapura Road Apartment Moment of Change (KARAMoC), a group of 11 apartment owners’…
Read MoreKurnool: 4 sustain injuries in road mishap
February 23, 2020 Three people died in various incidents in Nandyal on Saturday. Kishore, (14) an Eighth Class student, died due to electric shock at Rayamal Puram village. Another student, Irfan (12) died after falling in KC Canal at NGO Colony and one Midde Rama Chandrudu (53) of Chabolu village…
Read MoreBengaluru?s poor public transport utilisation needs urgent attention: B.PAC survey
February 23, 2020 The city with a population of over 12 million has nearly 8 million vehicles on road as of 2020. The draft revised Master Plan for Bengaluru ? 2031 states that the modal share of public transport in total overall trips is only 48% as against 82 %…
Read MoreIn next few months, India to get advisory board on road safety
February 23, 2020 The road transport ministry has put up a draft notification for setting up of the board barely two days after Union minister Nitin Gadkari committed to the global leaders in Swedish capital Stockholm to act systematically to reduce road fatalities in the country. India has nearly 11%…
Read MoreHow an elevated stretch of NH 44 through Pench Tiger Reserve earned a distinction
February 23, 2020 In July, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had said in Parliament how difficult it would be for a poor country like India to spend so much of resources on structures for wildlife. He, however, clarified that he was in favour of tiger conservation. Last…
Read MoreRisky electric bike joyrides worry traffic authorities in Capital
February 23, 2020 Taj Hassan, special com-missioner of Delhi Police (traf-fic), said on Friday there was concern that ?minors, even school children in uniforms? were riding Yulu bikes with-out helmets in areas such as Connaught Place, India Gate, Rajpath and Khan Market. Last year, the DMRC had tied up…
Read MoreNear Shaheen Bagh, many roads not taken
February 23, 2020 Apart from the narrow lane,commuters taking the inside roadvia Jamia Nagar to go to Noidawill face another protest nearJamia, for which a carriagewayhas been closed leaving littlespace for bigger vehicles to cross.The road sees heavy traffic at anytime of the day. Sunil Kumar Mishra, trafficand road…
Read MoreRoad at Shaheen Bagh opened byprotesters, blocked again: Police
February 23, 2020 The Noida Traffic Police,however, also continued therestrictions on the UttarPradesh side of the road, an official told PTI. ?It was beingalleged repeatedly that theprotestors have blocked theKalindi Kunj road, whichleads to Noida Sector 37. So,today it was decided thatthis allegation has to be doneaway with and…
Read MoreG?gram police?s new post has tweeple in splits
February 23, 2020 The Gurugram traffic police recently issued awarning to riders without helmet using lyrics from aBollywood movie. Using a three-picture template, theGurugram Traffic Police on their Twitter handle wrote, “Ilooked at you. You looked at me. Aur ho gayi mushkil.”The three-picture template comprises of photos of aman…
Read MoreFinancing infrastructure
February 23, 2020 The National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) laid out a blueprint for expenditure of ~102 trillion over the 2020-25 quinquennium to change the infrastructure landscape in the country. Conspicuously lacking, however, were measures for mobilising funds to finance such a whopping requirement, particularly in the face of the yawning…
Read MorePreparation for formation of National Road Safety Board.
February 23, 2020 The much awaited Road Safety Board is going to be formed soon. For this, the government has issued a notification. It has proposed to amend the Central Motor Manual. The road ministry has asked the public to give suggestions within a month. According to the notification, only…
Read MorePreparation for formation of National Road Safety Board.
February 23, 2020 The much awaited Road Safety Board is going to be formed soon. For this, the government has issued a notification. It has proposed to amend the Central Motor Manual. The road ministry has asked the public to give suggestions within a month. According to the notification, only…
Read More11 two-wheelers seized
February 23, 2020 Indore traffic police took action against owners of 15 vehicles driving on roadfrom Ramlaxman Bazar to Narsingh Bazar and Jawahar Marg on Saturday. Police bookedfour two-wheeler riders under Motor Vehicle Act and seized 11 two-wheelers. The actionfollowed an order by ASP traffic (west zone) RS Devke.” Media…
Read More11 two-wheelers seized
February 23, 2020 Indore traffic police took action against owners of 15 vehicles driving on roadfrom Ramlaxman Bazar to Narsingh Bazar and Jawahar Marg on Saturday. Police bookedfour two-wheeler riders under Motor Vehicle Act and seized 11 two-wheelers. The actionfollowed an order by ASP traffic (west zone) RS Devke.” Media…
Read MoreTruck driver?s error led to accident
February 23, 2020 An emergency meetingof the Road Safety Authori-ty will be convened on Fe-bruary 25. The meeting willdiscuss the possibility ofregulating the operationsof container trucks, the mi-nister said, adding that itwill also touch upon the al-leged flouting of rules bythe truck drivers.” Media Source:Print Publication Name:The Times of India…
Read More10 killed in bus accident in Tamil Nadu
February 23, 2020 Three people are suspected to have died in a collision between a bus and a truck of a Kerala state transport corporation near Avinashi village in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu. The dead included three men and five women, Deputy Tehsildar said. According to the details…
Read MoreRoad Safety Authority?s spl meeting on Tuesday
February 23, 2020 RoadSafety Authority (RSA) will hol-ding a special meeting of itsmembers from all districts onTuesday in the wake of the tra-gic accident in Tamil Nadu in-volving a KSRTC bus and a con-tainer truck that claimed 19 liveson Thursday. Transport mini-ster AK Saseendran is also ex-pected to attend the…
Read MoreJeep collides with lightning pole, three killed, five injured
February 23, 2020 Bidasar (Churu). Sikar-Nokha (Bolero Jeep uncontrolled on Thursday at 6.15 am on 4 State Highway Route 20) collided with an electric pole. In the accident, three people were killed and five were injured while riding in the jeep. The condition of four of the four people…
Read MoreOne killed, two injured after being hit by motorcycle
February 23, 2020 Bhagalpur. Today in Suktia market of Gopalpur police station area. One person died and two others were injured after being hit by a motorcycle. Police sources said that Pankaj Mandal (40), resident of Terasi village of the same police station area, was involved in a road…
Read MoreRetired teacher killed in collision with pickup van
February 23, 2020 Patna. The retired teacher died after being hit by a pickup van near Rani village in Bachwara police station area. Police sources said here today that retired teacher Ram Vilas Rai (62) resident of Rani village, on a motorcycle” Media Source:Print Publication Name:Rajasthan Patrika Edition:Surat https://www.VeeTrack.com/test/ShowArticles.aspx?UName=43656E74726520666F7220456E7669726F6E6D656E7420456475636174696F6E&Id=3137333930393530
Read MoreTamil Nadu: 19 people killed in bus and container collision
February 23, 2020 Tirupur. A tragic bus and container collision in Tamil Nadu left 19 dead. Five women were among the dead. 25 people have been seriously injured. There were about 50 people on the bus. The accident occurred on the National Highway near Avinashi in Coimbatore district” Media Source:Print…
Read MoreBus mishap from Ernakulam from Bengaluru: 1 killed, 3 injured
February 23, 2020 In a major road accident between a Volvo bus and a container in Tamil Nadu, 3 have been killed and three have been injured. The container that was traveling at high speed was smashed by a divider bus and a bus going to Kerala. The bus was…
Read MoreThe carriage on the highway crosses the Bhidi, pillar chest
February 23, 2020 Jaipur Agari Road, near Kalakoh bus stand, the car went unmanned and rammed into the railing. The accident was so overwhelming that the diver’s chest pierced into the seat, breaking the front of a railing car on the side of the road. The driver of the car,…
Read MoreTruck jeeps collide at over speed on dangerous road, killing 5 of the same family
February 23, 2020 Six people, including five members of the same family, were killed in a collision between jeeps and truck in front of S Pallu on the road from Purbansar village on Mega Highway on Friday. The accident took place when the jeep rider was returning to his relative’s…
Read MoreUmarpada-Chawda lay on the road and wandered face to face with Tampa
February 23, 2020 Umarpada. Truck and tempo near the Patia of the five mango villages on the Chawda State highway? The wandering tempo diver and conductor were injured in the accident. Both vehicles were overturned in the accident, according to information available about the accident. Tempo driver and conductor…
Read MorePreparation for formation of National Road Safety Board, vehicles will have the right to recall
February 23, 2020 The much awaited Road Safety Board is going to be formed soon. For this, the government has issued a notification. It has proposed to amend the Central Motor Manual. The road ministry has asked the public to give suggestions within a month. According to the notification,…
Read MoreSeeing the police in Pardi, Bootlegger collided with two vehicles in the car market
February 23, 2020 1 o’clock! You, Pardi police have set a watch against the Mamlatdar office on the basis of intelligence. Meanwhile, Surat’s three bootleggers were on their way to the car market after seeing the police warning them to stop their car. At this time bootleggers hit a ray…
Read More12 killed after 2 trucks collide in Padra
February 23, 2020 Vadodara: Twelve persons died and a few others suffered injuries after the truck they were travelling in collided with a dumper truck in Padra taluka of Vadodara on Saturday evening. The deceased, residents of Ranu and Bhoj village of Padra taluka, were returning after attending a…
Read MoreFather dies in accident after daughter’s first anniversary
February 23, 2020 A family returning to Mandukara from Dabla village near Neem Ka police station after attending Ho Beti’s first wedding anniversary. The car unrestrained near Ki Dhani in the Gurjars near Toshina. Turned. One died in the accident, 5. The same four people were injured. Passengers rushed the…
Read More13 killed, 20 injured in road accident near Vadodara
February 23, 2020 Vadodara magazine. 13 people died in a gruesome road accident on Saturday near Padra in Vadodara city. 20 others were injured. According to preliminary information, between the Mahuwad and Ranu village near Padra, between the dumper and mini truck and 15 km” Media Source:Print Publication Name:Rajasthan…
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