Nitin Gadkari-led Road Ministry announced Rs 11,000 crore for a plan to reduce the number of road fatalities and to fix 726 black spots on which people have lost their lives across the country where frequent accidents occur due to road engineering faults.
Major Highlights:
- A mobile application– citizens will be able to upload photographs and details of black spots
- Proposal to impose penalties on companies and engineers responsible for faulty road designs.
- Good Samaritan policy will be revealed soon as part of which a crash fund will be set up to help such victims that will be used for emergency medical care.
- Sound device that can alert passersby and people around an accident site. The horn automatically honks when a vehicle meets with an accident.
- All two-wheelers in India need to have the automatic headlamps on (AHO)similar to daytime running lamps in cars.
Earlier Facts: India has the highest number of roads fatalities in the world and one person being killed in a road mishap every four minutes. More than half of the road fatalities in India involve two-wheeler riders.
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