Perhaps newspapers could dedicate a separate column to report daily road accidents and fatalities, similar to how death tolls were reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
In an interview with ThePrint, Minister of Road Transport & Highways outlines his 3-point agenda & talks about Panipat-Delhi airport connection that'll cut travel time to under 30 mins.
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has launched several people-first mobility initiatives, including India’s first 15-minute city pilot, which is redesigning key corridors for walkers and cyclists.
Ravi Kumar's VahanScore is a citizen-driven traffic violation database aimed at increasing public accountability. He hopes to bring city's road accident count down by half in 5 yrs.
More than half of crash victims are pedestrians, cyclists or motorcyclists, often from poorer sections of society, which frequently brings financial ruin to victims and their families.
One in every three accidents on Indian roads leads to a fatality. Developing road infrastructure cannot compensate accident fatalities that can be prevented with better facilities.
Vehicle protection for adults and children, as well as the ‘fitment of safety assist technologies’ will be tested and given star ratings from zero to five.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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