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
Vehicular Safety
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Govt plans to give 10,000 to every gram panchayat for road safety
To curtail the growing number of road accidents and fatalities in Rajasthan, the state government will provide an assistance of Rs 10,000 to each 9,900 gram panchayats to launch awareness campaigns. Transport
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Road safety authority likely to be set up soon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday is likely to clear ways for setting up of a Road Safety Authority, which would be an autonomous body to issue guidelines for issues related to safety. The move is
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Cabinet approves revised transport policy, telemedicine project
Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved the revised transport policy, 2014, envisaging special thrust on accelerating the growth of transport sector and implementation of mandatory provisions of various
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Road Transport and Safety Bill-2014: Seeks to end bad road behavior
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has come up with Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014. Last month, the opportunity to suggest ideas came to an end, after it was introduced for
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Commuters pin hopes on transport and safety bill
An efficient and reliable public transport, which citizens in Pune sorely miss, could take shape if the new draft road transport and safety bill, likely to be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament,
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1-metre pavement on all city roads?
Taking up the issue of a pedestrian's right and safety on the road, Delhi traffic police has asked the road transport ministry to include a provision in the road safety bill for mandatory encumbrance free
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Notices issued on contempt plea of e-rickshaws plying on roads
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued show-cause notices on a contempt petition alleging that e-rickshaws were plying in large numbers in the Capital in violation of the Court orders. The Court had last
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Centre to relax norms for existing e-rickshwas
Come November and e-rickshaws might start plying on the city roads legally. Even as hearing in the case continues in the High Court, the Central Government is planning to relax certain regulation norms
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City roads most dangerous: Court
Refusing to grant relief to a man guilty of driving in an inebriated state, a Delhi court has upheld his conviction and sentence saying “roads of Delhi are one of the most dangerous stretches“ and instances
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4 footbridges on key roads to push pedestrian safety
Noida Authority on Wednesday floated tenders for four new foot-over bridges (FOBs) for pedestrians over busy arterial roads in the city. An amount of Rs 5.4 crore has been earmarked for the projects, which