Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of High Court On Its Own Motion vs State Of Maharashtra And Ors dated 20/05/2015 regarding the poor condition of roads, the existence of potholes on the roads, the poor surfacing of the roads, the failure to level the roads properly …
The rapid development and expansion of the road network and the sustained increase in the number of motor vehicles have led to a substantial rise in levels of both passenger and freight movement across the length and breadth of the State of West Bengal. Concomitantly road safety issues have continued …
This guide is intended for policy makers interested in congestion charging as a potential policy to mitigate congestion in cities. The term ‘congestion charging’ is used to describe a distance, area or cordon based road-user charging policy around congested city centres as it has been introduced in Singapore, London or …
Road transport is a critical structure for economic development of a country. It influences the pace, structure and pattern of development. India has one of the largest road network in the world. Surge in population and personalised motorization in the country along with expansion of road network contributes to the …
Road, accident, accident-prone, road to railway station, pedestrians, chandigarh news, city news, locla news, chandigarh newslineThe main road leading to the railway station is the most accident-prone area for apedestrian where nine peopledied from 2010 to 2014, according to the UT Traffic Police’s road accident analysis wing. This is followed …
An Act to provide a scientifically planned and evolving framework for the safety of all road users in India, including vulnerable road users, and for enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient, cost-effective and inclusive transport system for the movement of passenger and freight in the country as well …
Mumbai on Thursday figured among the ten cities in the world that will be taken up by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, a New York-based foundation, to adopt best of the Road Safety practices worldwide. The selection has been made from 20 strong applicant cities, mostly from low and middle-income countries, which …
Indian roads are continuing to record at least one accident every minute, and one on-road death every four minutes. The telling numbers as per the latest data for 2013 with the Centre suggests the alarming trend hasn’t been bucked despite the Centre’s efforts. Statistics show that there was marginally less …
Uttar Pradesh has its vehicular traffic running without a policy. UP traffic directorate has prepared five-point charter of demands for traffic regulation. Districts are formulating specific traffic regulation policy based on the five points. "We prepared the charter for only Lucknow initially but later we circulated it to be followed …
The growth in BRT and bus priority systems worldwide presents an opportunity to save lives and improve the health and safety of cities. A new report, Traffic Safety on Bus Priority Systems, shows that high-quality public transport systems can improve traffic safety, reducing injuries and fatalities by as much 50 …
More than 4000 people lost their lives in road accidents during last year in Haryana, where nearly 1,200 accidents prone sites have been identified by the State Government. As the Haryana Government initiated its road safety week starting January 11, the status report on road safety in the state presents …
The Delhi Government Transport Department and the Delhi Police began the Road Safety Week with various initiatives organised across the Capital on Sunday. Similar events will continue till January 17. The Transport Department took to the air waves through a jingle on road safety in addition to formally launching a …
As motorists rejoice low gas prices, one researcher has found a sobering link between cheap gasoline and an increase in highway deaths. South Dakota State University sociology professor Guangqing Chi, who analyzes the relationship between gas prices and road fatalities, calculated what the current prices might mean for fatalities by …
Seven wild elephants died of accidents in Galgamuwa, Kurunegala last year, a senior official attached to the Wildlife Department said. Meanwhile, 10 human deaths and six wild elephant deaths were reported from the area in 2013, he said. Meanwhile, 150 houses were damaged by elephants in 2014 while 25 dwelling …
Every year in the United States, millions of college students travel for spring break, spending billions of dollars. We examine a potential adverse consequence of spring break that has received little attention in the literature—traffic safety. In particular, we estimate the impact of spring break season on fatal passenger vehicle …
To curtail the growing number of road accidents and fatalities in Rajasthan, the state government will provide an assistance of Rs 10,000 to each 9,900 gram panchayats to launch awareness campaigns. Transport minister Yunus Khan said that the scheme has already been approved and will be launched after panchayat polls. …
The number of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses has been dwindling progressively . From 5,438 buses in 2012 to 5,216 in 2013-14, the state bus authority has been losing old buses without adding any new one to its fleet. Strangely though, the smaller fleet hasn't resulted in fewer accidents or …
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has come up with Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014. Last month, the opportunity to suggest ideas came to an end, after it was introduced for comments on September 13. Once it is approved and becomes an Act, the current Motor …
Refusing to grant relief to a man guilty of driving in an inebriated state, a Delhi court has upheld his conviction and sentence saying “roads of Delhi are one of the most dangerous stretches“ and instances of drunk driving causing fatal accidents are on the rise. Dismissing the appeal filed …
Despite all the talk about ploughing back a portion of the fines collected from traffic violators for road safety activities, both the Gurgaon and Delhi traffic police have not spent a penny from the penalty amount for road crash victims. Both the police entities have admitted in a recent RTI …
