June 24th, 2009 10:32am
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Chennai: Twenty people were killed and 21 others injured, several of them seriously, in two separate road accidents in Tamil Nadu today.
Reports received here said 14 people, including six women, were killed, 13 on the spot, and ten others injured, five of them seriously in a multiple collision involving a sand-laden lorry, a tempo van and two cars near Karnampettai at Palladam in Tiruppur district.
In the other accident, six people were killed and 11 others injured, when the milk van, in which they were travelling, hit a road side tree and overturned at Musiri in Tiruchirapalli district.
June 24th, 2009 10:31am
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New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Athlete Naunidh Singh, a former national record holder in the 110 metres hurdles, died in a road accident in Amritsar, Sunday.
According to reports received here Tuesday, Naunidh, 25, was returning home with his father after buying medicines for his ailing son when he met with an accident. His father survived the mishap.
The athlete was employed with the Border Security Force (BSF) and had set the national record of 14.05 seconds at the National Championships in Hyderabad in 2007.
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June 24th, 2009 10:26am
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CHANDIGARH: Observing that slums of the city are untouched by enforcement of traffic norms, traffic police authorities have started laying special nakas at all entry and exit points of slums.
A senior traffic official said nakas were laid on every weekend under supervision of traffic sleuths and on June 21, as many as 150 challans were issued at these nakas. Special nakas were laid near Dadumajra Colony, Colony number-5, Mauli Jagran, Indira Colony and Colony-4.
SP (traffic) Hardeep Singh Doon said this is the first time they had started laying nakas around slums. “In a recent survey, we observed that traffic violations are high near slums and villages, and the maximum road accidents occur near colonies due to traffic violations,” the SP (traffic) added.
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June 24th, 2009 10:25am
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JAMMU: Twenty-five people were killed and 54 others injured when a passenger bus skidded off the Jammu-Katra highway and fell into a gorge at Panthal, 40 km from here, police said.
The passenger bus, on its way to Udhampur from Katra town rolled down into the gorge after the driver lost control over the vehicle, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Katra, Jugal Kishore said.
He said 25 persons were killed on the spot and their bodies have been recovered.
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June 22nd, 2009 10:37am
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New Delhi : Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath today said the government is targeting building 7000 kms of road in a year, which is estimated to cost Rs 42,000 crore.
“We are looking at a target of 7,000 kms of roads across the country. (We will build) roads which are commensurate with the traffic, so the lanes that each road would be determined by the amount of traffic,” he told reporters after holding a meeting with the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
He said after consultation with the Commission it was decided that the lanes would be build as per traffic volume.
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