The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana roads have opened up economic opportunities but they will be pointless if average Indian user doesn’t know how to use them.
IIT Delhi study published on 31 January shows between 2017 and 2019, for same distance travelled, 20.8 cyclist deaths were reported annually, compared to 9.5 motorcyclists & 0.53 car occupants.
We are in the middle of an incredible infrastructure-building spree that occurs once in several generations in most countries, and we must keep it going.
The govt has admitted to the design of roads often being faulty. It is now aiming to take actions to improve curves on highways and identify black spots.
Programme to be implemented in 14 states across India that account for 85% of total road accidents and fatalities in India. India has among the worst road safety records in the world.
Poor eyesight is a major problem among Indian drivers. Forty per cent need corrective glasses, while another 5 per cent need urgent treatment for cataract.
In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Monday, road transport and highways ministry also listed measures being taken to ensure safety of transport for school children.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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