30% of Delhi-Mumbai highway unsafe: Study
NEW DELHI:Nearly 30% of the Delhi-Mumbai and almost half of the Mumbai-Chennai stretches of the Golden Quadrilateral are unsafe for car, bus and truck occupants, says a first-ofits-kind safety study on
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Road Safety Policy draft approved
Governor Vohra tells Transport Department to invite comments from stakeholders Governor NN Vohra today approved the Road Safety Policy draft of the state and directed Chief Secretary BR Sharma to put
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State's Transport Policy Needs Reorientation: Study
(ASSOCHAM) revealed that Kerala’s transport policy needed reorientation. “Roads in the State are under excessive pressure, with traffic growing at a rate of about 10-11 per cent annually. “Moreover,
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Road safety policy aims to cut accidents by 50%
Focus will be on creating awareness among road users The Puducherry government on Monday launched a Road Safety policy and Action plan to reduce the number of fatalities and accidents by 50 per cent
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NGO expresses concern over high number of fatalities on city roads
NGO expresses concern over high number of fatalities on city roads PUNE: Pedestrians First, a NGO, working for road safety and sustainable transport has expressed concern over the fact that more than
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Ahmedabad-based road safety expert wins national award
Ahmedabad: City-based road safety expert Amit Khatri won India Road Safety Mission 2015, instituted by Maruti Suzuki last year, in individual category. His was the only nomination from Gujarat across the
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Coming up, center to certify fitness of vehicles
LUCKNOW: It will be easier checking unfit vehicles plying on city roads as the first advanced centre of the state comes up in Lucknow very soon. "Construction is on in full swing," said sources in the
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IT Park junctions to become pedestrian-friendly
PUNE: Pedestrian overbridges and elevators may soon reduce the risk of pedestrians being run over by traffic at important intersections of Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, including Shivaji Chowk and Wipro
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100 pedestrians died between Jan-Sept, car accidents top list
NAVI MUMBAI: As many as 100 pedestrians died in the city due to accidents between January and September 2015. However, two-wheeler riders were a close second followed by deaths caused in accidents by
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Make roads safer for us, say cyclists
It was symbolic perhaps that the capital's first Car-Free Day was ushered in with a bicycle rally. Indeed, the humble two wheeler was the focus of much thought on the day in the context of Delhi's high
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For safety, two-wheelers to come with auto-headlamps
Two-wheelers and all other types of vehicles are set to get two new safety features to reduce fatalities. Bikes and scooters will need to have the automatic headlamp on (AHO) like that of Daytime Running