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newspaper report on safe life save drive

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Answered by harshitaanand
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"SAFE DRIVE, SAVE LIFE" by Kolkata Traffic Police
"Safe Drive, Save Life" is the dream project of Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal. The campaign was launched by Hon'ble CM on 8th July at Nazrul Manch where she addressed Kolkata Traffic Police, West Bengal Traffic Police and Transport dept personnel. Hon'ble CM expressed her great concern to the increasing number of road traffic accidents and advised traffic officers for strict enforcement with sensitive handling of defaulters. She also emphasied on mass education campaign to sensitize people about precautionary measures to avoid such accidents. The event included awareness rally by KTP personnel from different parts of the city, launch of theme song, campaign films, address by Ld CP Kolkata, DG&IGP WB, MIC Transport followed by a pledge by everyone present to adhere to traffic rules for responsible road users.
In the end Hon'ble CM flagged off a motorcycle rally of Kolkata Traffic Police sergeants on bikes to various parts of Kolkata to spread the message, "Safe Drive, Save Life"

Answered by rahulrana9888
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Those injured in non-fatal accidents also came down from 3,329 in 2015 to 3,182 the next year.

"The campaign launched by chief ministerMamata Banerjee is clearly having its impact, with more bikers wearing their helmets now," said additional CP (I) Vineet Goel, adding the results of 20,000 public transport drivers taking driving lessons at traffic guards were also evident.


The police figures, however, seemed to look away from the worrying factors that TOI has dug up. In 2015, 412 fatal accidents led to 422 deaths, accounting for 1.02 deaths per case. In 2016, 388 fatal accidents led to the deaths of 407 people, accounting for 1.04 deaths per accident. Besides, while there were merely 11 deaths of people wearing helmets between July and December in 2015, 23 such deaths were registered this year. Three persons were killed in a single accident at the Alipore Road-AJC Bose Road crossing when a car jumped the signals and rammed into pedestrians. Even on Friday, a minibus-taxi collision injured three persons grievously. "New stretches, including flyovers like Maa and AJC Bose, are seeing speeding. Single accidents are claiming more lives than ever before," an officer said.
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