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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50% of road deaths at traffic junctions
Study Stresses Need To Redesign Crossings Better be alert at every traffic junction. Numbers show India’s traffic junctions as the most dangerous spots, accounting for a large number of fatalities.
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Old e-ricks can't pass safety test under MV Act
These E-ricks Were Introduced Without Any Type Approval And Letting Them Ply Will Seriously Compromise Safety With the Delhi high court making it clear that it would not allow e-rickshaws to ply in the
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Experts welcome e-rick guidelines
Say Vehicles Can Be Useful As Paratransit Mode, But Need To Be Regulated Environmentalists and public transport experts are relieved that the Centre has proposed draft guidelines to regulate e-rickshaws
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E-ricks to come under Motor Act
A day after being asked by Delhi high court to regulate e-rickshaws, the Centre has prepared guidelines for these battery-operated vehicles which would be included in a separate regulation within the Motor
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State roads turn killer for big cats
Accidents Claim 23 Leopards In 60 Months, 9 Near Bangalore Alone, Says Study One fine morning a few years ago, a leopard emerged from Kaggalipura forest and strode onto the NICE Road stretch connecting
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High Court bans e-rickshaws, as of now
The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered an immediate ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city, saying that “unregulated plying of the vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on
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Vehicle safety experts welcome ban, slam Centre's backup plan
Vehicle safety experts and traffic cops have welcomed the ban on e-rickshaws, saying the vehicles have become a nuisance on the city roads as it's tough to control them in absence of any law. Experts
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Road safety plea gets 1.5 lakh supporters for road safety petition
GURGAON: Jyoti Gupta, who filed an online petition on June 4 with Save LIFE Foundation on Change.org has got support from over 1.5 lakh people supporting her petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advocating
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Punjab constitutes committee to frame Road Safety Policy
Punjab Government on Wednesday constituted a committee to prepare a blueprint of State Road Safety Policy within one month’s time. The decision was taken in a high level meeting of Punjab State Road
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e-rickshaws are illegal, says Delhi Govt.
To clarify its stand by July 31 on how to regulate them Contrary to the Union Government’s stand in favour of validating e-rickshaws plying in large numbers in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Wednesday