Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari has reiterated his Ministry’s commitment for making roads safer for all the road users. He said it will continue with the efforts to reduce road accident fatalities through engaging larger communities and stakeholders in various awareness activities on road safety to encourage everyone to join hands in making roads safer.
Addressing the Road Safety Stakeholders’ Meet in New Delhi, the Minister called upon a large number of students present in the function to become the brand ambassadors of road safety to bring about the behavioural and transformative change in the youths of the country. He said youth is the most affected community in road accidents.
Gadkari said, the IRAD project launched by his Ministry will not only enhance the analytical capabilities based on international best practice but will also help to perform analysis based on collected data for further improvement/corrective measures to be taken at accident spot/accident-prone areas by the concerned Road Authority. He said that around 30,000 tablets shall be provided to Police departments of various States/UTs for capturing the accidents related data.
Speaking on this occasion, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed concern at the increasing road accident deaths in the country, saying that the number is far more than the casualties due to natural disasters and terror incidents. He said, it is very painful that nearly 1.5 lakh people lost their lives in road accidents in our country in the year 2018, and a lot more got injured. Most of the deaths took place due to over speeding, which has been identified as one of the leading causes behind road accidents resulting in around 97,500 deaths. He said, the trauma of the accident not only has a financial impact but also impacts victims and their families emotionally and psychologically.
A road safety pledge was also administered to all present in the function by the Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. A short film called ‘Rehana’ for creating awareness amongst the road users regarding the Good Samaritan law has also been released on this occasion.
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