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Dehradun: As many as 860 people have lost their lives in road accidents in last one year across the state, a data compiled by the Uttarakhand transport department has revealed. The officials attributed over-speeding and rash driving as the main causes of accidents.
The data noted that 960 over-speeding cases were reported in a year, out of which 590 people died. Out of those, 51 accidents took place due to use of cell phones while driving.
In light of this development, the department has proposed some measures to reduce road accidents by 50% till 2022. Among the measures proposed by the department include, making fitness certificates mandatory for vehicles, marking black spots of accident sites across the state and providing counselling to those people who are caught for rash driving.
On Monday, district magistrate of Dehradun R Rajesh Kumar, along with SSP Yogendra Rawat, inspected the traffic situation in the state capital. A team of road transport department and traffic police were staffed at clock tower, Sahastradhara crossing, to check over-speeding, overloading in public transport and parking of vehicles in no parking zones.
The DM found that many commuters not wearing helmets and seatbelts. The offenders were fined on the spot and warned of suspension driving licence in case of repeated offences.
The team also fined auto-rickshaw drivers for speeding near Tehsil chowk. The DM has instructed the traffic police, RTO officials to keep a track of the traffic situation in the city to make the roads safer for travelling.
The data noted that 960 over-speeding cases were reported in a year, out of which 590 people died. Out of those, 51 accidents took place due to use of cell phones while driving.
In light of this development, the department has proposed some measures to reduce road accidents by 50% till 2022. Among the measures proposed by the department include, making fitness certificates mandatory for vehicles, marking black spots of accident sites across the state and providing counselling to those people who are caught for rash driving.
On Monday, district magistrate of Dehradun R Rajesh Kumar, along with SSP Yogendra Rawat, inspected the traffic situation in the state capital. A team of road transport department and traffic police were staffed at clock tower, Sahastradhara crossing, to check over-speeding, overloading in public transport and parking of vehicles in no parking zones.
The DM found that many commuters not wearing helmets and seatbelts. The offenders were fined on the spot and warned of suspension driving licence in case of repeated offences.
The team also fined auto-rickshaw drivers for speeding near Tehsil chowk. The DM has instructed the traffic police, RTO officials to keep a track of the traffic situation in the city to make the roads safer for travelling.
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