Ministry of Surface Transport and Delhi Police are together organizing writing competition on the topic “Need for Road Safety” as part of their “Road Safety Week” celebrations. Write an article on it. You are Kamal/Karuna.
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We have time and again highlighted the statistics of the rising road fatalities in India. It would not be wrong to say that every rural or urban Indian citizen, would know of at least one person who has died or received grievous injuries in a road accident. These accidents are turning out to be one of the major contributors to the loss of lives in developing nations, and India tops that list.
A lethal cocktail of poor road planning, inadequate law enforcement, a surge in vehicle population, and a deluge of untrained drivers have made India the world’s road death capital.
If there are any still relating to the gravity of the situation, here are some real-world statistics.An analysis of road accident data for 2015 reveals that about 1,374 accidents and 400 deaths take place every day on Indian roads, and that means 57 accidents and loss of 17 lives on an average every hour in our country! Even more woeful is the fact that more people have lost their lives on Indian roads last year than in natural calamities and terrorist attacks over two decades in the country. According to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal, since 1994, India has lost 34,495 lives in acts of terrorism and insurgency in the country. Of the 1,46,133 road accident fatalities in 2015, around 83.6 percent occurred in the top 13 states. These states are Uttar Pradesh (17,666), Tamil Nadu (15,642), Maharashtra (13,212), Karnataka (10,856), Rajasthan (10,510), Madhya Pradesh (9,314), Andhra Pradesh (8,297), Gujarat (8,119), Telangana (7,110), West Bengal (6,234), Bihar (5,421), Punjab (4,893) and Haryana (4,879), whereas 23,980 accidental deaths had taken place in other states/UTs.
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The required writing competition on the topic “Need for Road Safety” as part of their “Road Safety Week” celebrations is shown below:
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Need for Road Safety
by Karuna
Every day, more and more automobiles use the roadways, effectively turning them into death traps. Road accidents occur 42 times each year on average in Delhi. The problem has gotten worse due to poorly designed, congested, and encroached-upon roadways as well as flagrant rule violations. Statistics indicate that human mistake is at blame for 70% of all traffic accidents. The catastrophe on the highways is equally as much a result of modern living, which involves mad haste and mania for outdoing others.
The drivers have no concept of lanes, and the road signs are merely decorative. For the majority of them, running a red light is an act of bravery. The current situation calls for effective traffic management. Roads that have been encroached upon must be reclaimed, and where there are no signs, they must be updated and reinstalled. Road safety can be efficiently ensured through continued public education about traffic laws and strict adherence to them.
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