NEW DELHI: Considering speed and lane violations are the major causes of crashes, the road transport ministry has now made it mandatory for road owning agencies to paint the speed limits with vehicle logos on the pavement every 10 km to guide and alert the drivers on expressways and National Highways.The ministry this week notified…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the situation has worsened despite his initial commitment to cut accidents by 50% upon taking charge as the minister for road transport and highways. Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on road safety, Gadkari said, “Forget about reducing the number of accidents, I…
NEW DELHI: Over 1.7 lakh persons were killed in road accidents in 2023. That translates to an average of 474 lives lost every day or one death almost every three minutes, as per data shared by states with central govt. This is the highest number of people killed in a year since govt started collating…
