BHUBANESWAR: The state government has expressed concern over an alarming rate of accident deaths at road junctions – feeder roads connecting state and national highways – despite the adoption of traffic calming measures by various road ownership authorities at those places.
To address the issue, state transport department secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi on Monday asked road-owning agencies, including the state construction department and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), to re-evaluate the cause of death at the junctions and submit their investigation. asked for. report within two months
Orissa There are 8102 junctions where traffic calming measures have already been taken to reduce accidents. But the data shared by the state crime branch indicates that there were at least 2594 accidents at junctions in 2020, leading to 1164 deaths.
“Deaths at junctions account for about 25% of the total accident deaths in the state in 2020. it concerns. A total of 4738 accidents took place in the state last year. We have written to the state construction secretary and the chief general manager of NHAI in Odisha to re-visit the junctions and find out the reasons for the recurrence of accidents despite measures to calm the traffic at those places,” Padhi said.
It is to be noted that road accident related deaths in the state have increased by almost 21% from 3,931 deaths in 2014 to 4,738 in 2020. This is despite the Supreme Court committee on road safety directing the state government to reduce it to 50% by 2020.
Beware of alarming rise in road accident deaths in Odisha, Center recently urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik To consider adopting the road safety model of Tamil Nadu, which has been successful in reducing accident deaths by 54% in the last five years.
According to the Transport Department, the accident fatality rate increased by an unusually 25% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first six months of 2020, despite the Covid-induced lockdown.
To address the issue, state transport department secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi on Monday asked road-owning agencies, including the state construction department and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), to re-evaluate the cause of death at the junctions and submit their investigation. asked for. report within two months
Orissa There are 8102 junctions where traffic calming measures have already been taken to reduce accidents. But the data shared by the state crime branch indicates that there were at least 2594 accidents at junctions in 2020, leading to 1164 deaths.
“Deaths at junctions account for about 25% of the total accident deaths in the state in 2020. it concerns. A total of 4738 accidents took place in the state last year. We have written to the state construction secretary and the chief general manager of NHAI in Odisha to re-visit the junctions and find out the reasons for the recurrence of accidents despite measures to calm the traffic at those places,” Padhi said.
It is to be noted that road accident related deaths in the state have increased by almost 21% from 3,931 deaths in 2014 to 4,738 in 2020. This is despite the Supreme Court committee on road safety directing the state government to reduce it to 50% by 2020.
Beware of alarming rise in road accident deaths in Odisha, Center recently urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik To consider adopting the road safety model of Tamil Nadu, which has been successful in reducing accident deaths by 54% in the last five years.
According to the Transport Department, the accident fatality rate increased by an unusually 25% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first six months of 2020, despite the Covid-induced lockdown.
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