Road safety annual report 2023
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
Traffic Accidents
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Rishikesh jumbo encounter deaths avoidable: Official
The increasing frequency of chance encounters between people and elephants on road in the Rishikesh and Haridwar region has triggered widespread anxiety among locals. The forest department is undertaking
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Mitigating adverse impacts of transport in Asian megacities
This report focuses on air pollution and traffic accidents as the major adverse impacts on urban transport. It attempts to show the current impact and issues of these two problems. Further it looks into
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Transport (road transport): shared interests in sustainable outcomes
The Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Sectoral Briefing Series, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the Regional Office for the Western Pacific, includes a report that
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Chennai to get integrated traffic management system
Under BOT, PPP models: Chief Minister An integrated traffic management system for Chennai will be introduced under the BOT (build, operate and transfer) mode and under the PPP (public-private partnership) annuity model, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced on Monday.
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For want of a kidney
Shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem and million of lives are lost every year because the organ Transplantation option cannot be offered to them. In India nearly 200,000 persons
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Train Hits Mitigation Project to prevent elephant deaths
The Department of Wildlife Conservation is cooperating strategically with Sri Lanka Railways to prevent increasing elephant deaths on railway tracks before it can manifest into a elephant-train conflict
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6 cheetals run over
Six cheetals, a species of deer, were on Monday killed after being hit by a speeding train at Ampokhara range of Terai (west) forest division in Nainital district, an official said.
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Review of the performance of State Road Transport Undertakings (2010-11)
The Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways collects, compiles, analyses and publishes data on the physical and financial performance of various State Road Transport Undertakings
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China to go slow on high-speed rail project
China has decided to slow down its high-speed rail project in the aftermath of the strong criticism evoked by July 23 bullet train crash and ordered its fast trains to cut down their speed giving priority
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Disaster management in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new report by the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs has detailed information on various types of disasters, institutional framework and policy guidelines in