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May 11th, 2007
Lucknow: In keeping with the counting of votes to begin on Friday at Polytechnic College, Faizabad Road, traffic department has made following diversions. Vehicles from Sitapur would be stopped at Madiaon and those from Faizabad at Matiyari/Chinhat.
Roadways buses from Faizabad Road would be diverted to the left of Chinhat tri-section towards Gomtinagar. Similarly, buses from Lucknow to Faizabad would follow the same route.
Traffic from Gomtinagar over-bridge towards Faizabad would be diverted to the right of PICUP Bhawan tri-section towards Lohia Hospital. Same route would be taken by vehicles from Faizabad Road.
Traffic from Nishatganj would be turned to the left of CO Gomtinagar office and move through the right of Aravali Crossing and Sector 8 Crossing, same route would be followed by the vehicles coming from Sitapur Road.
SOurce: TOI(Lucknow epaper)
May 8th, 2007
Lucknow: In a major accident infront of the police lines near IT crossing, a mini-truck and a car collided leading to the death of two men and injuries to three others. One of the six injured succumbed to his injuries later in the Trauma Centre. The accident took place in the wee hours of Monday.
A mini truck (UP32 Z 5141) collided with a Maruti Esteem car (UP32 AH 9366) at Gate no 4 of Police Lines early on Monday morning.
Two of the passengers in the car, Anil, 40 years, and Jitendra, 42 years, died on the spot. Anil was a resident of Bazarkhala while Jitendra lived in Asharfabad, Chowk.
Kanhaiyalal alias Neeraj Gupta, Ashish, Rajesh, son of Anil, Rajesh, son of Mangal, Jagdish and Anoop alias Munna were injured in the accident. They were rushed to the Trauma Centre. However, Anoop alias Munna, aged 25 years, died in the Trauma Centre later during treatment.
Source: TOI(Lucknow-epaper)
May 2nd, 2007
Pune: There may be less traffic on Pune’s roads after 9 pm but traffic accidents rise sharply as the driving gets more dangerous and vehicles take empty roads as an invitation to speed up.
Reckless and drunken driving are the main reasons for the accidents.
With the traffic police switching off signals after 9.30 pm (only the ones at Jedhe chowk and Alka chowk are kept on till midnight), the temptation to race has only increased.
When asked why the signals are switched off, assistant commissioner of police (traffic), S.M. Bhoomkar, said, “Since there is less traffic during night hours and only a few men to regulate traffic, the lights are switched off, most of them automatically. “Keeping traffic signals on in the night in the absence of traffic police, would only lead to confusion,” he said, adding that the red and amber lights are put on blinkers.
“This is an international norm,” Bhoomkar said, explaining that a red blinker is an indicator that the driver is approaching a major traffic junction where he has to stop and proceed, while the amber light indicates that the driver has to slow down before proceeding.
What’s more, with only 40 policemen of the 450-strong traffic police force during night hours to man the entire city, including Pimpri-Chinchwad, the urge to break the rule has only grown stronger.
Moreover, the ‘pub culture’ has resulted in increased late night activities throughout the week, more so, during the weekends.
Although the city traffic police have not undertaken any study on clock-wise road accidents, an official said more than 35% of all accidents take place during the night hours. “And over 90% of the accidents reported during night-time are fatal,” said a police official.
NIGHT NUMBERS
- Traffic signals kept on at night: Nil
- Police say 35% of all accidents occur in night hours. 90% fatal
- Night-time traffic: 80% less than daytime
- Traffic cops on duty at night: 40
- Total length of roads in city: 1,252 km
- Ratio of cops to km during night: 1 cop for a little over 31 km
- Pune city has 152 traffic junctions, besides 1,477 chowks
CRASH FACTORS
- Drunken driving
- Over speeding, tendency to race (in 2006, 287 cases registered; in 2007 till March, 114 cases registered)
- Scant respect for other motorists and traffic rules
- Use of high beam
- Not wearing helmet, seat-belt
- Listening to music at full blast
- Talking on cell phone
Source: TOI (epaper)
April 9th, 2007
Lucknow: Nothing is coming out of traffic department’s efforts. It is more than a month now that the drive against beacons, hooters, improper number plate, black films and other equipments has continued. However, several vehicles are still being seen with these equipments.
Similarly, when it comes to setting traffic in order, Charbagh, Hussainganj, Burlington, Royal Hotel, Hazratganj and Gole Market crossings continue to be pathetic.
Although, Charbagh has been a focus area with action against SRTC buses continuing but heavy congestion has remained the same. This, however, has not shaken the department out of its slumber. Add to it, the drive being conducted “on and off ” has been a big impediment.
“We could not carry on with the routine drive for some days, as the staff was on duty in Old City areas. Then we were busy with the nominations, now we have resumed the drive again,” is the reason extended by RK Srivastava, Superintendent of Police (traffic).
Meanwhile, on Sunday, total 507 vehicles were checked in Charbagh, Hazratganj, Royale Hotel, Bangla Bazar and Sultanpur Road. Seven vehicles were fined under the offence of overloading, speeding and pollution.
Two were fined for no-entry and 49 for violating various traffic norms. Seven black films and pressure horns were removed. A fine of Rs 20,800 was mopped up during the drive. In an action against roadways buses, 27 were challaned.
Source: TOI (Lucknow-epaper)
April 2nd, 2007
Cuttack: In a tragic incident, four persons died and nine were seriously injured when their car collided head-on with a truck on the NH No-5 at Bhanpur within Cuttack Sadar police limits early on Sunday.
According to reports, about 12 people comprising employees of Central Cooperative Bank in Keonjhar district were going to Puri from Telkoi in a Mahindra Maxx vehicle when it hit a truck. The truck was carrying supplies for BSNL.
Two persons including a waoman died on the spot while two others succumbed at the SCB Medical here. The dead include bank cashier Bijay Singhdeo, Patarani Sahoo, peon Sudarshan Khillar and the driver.
The rest nine who include one woman and four children have been admitted to the hospital and their condition is stated to be critical.
The accident is attributed to the Maxx driver�s loss of control and ramming into the truck. The ongoing road repair work is also cited as a cause. As the National Highway Authority of India is carrying out repair on the four-lane road, the two-lane section going towards Bhubaneswar have been closed down.
As a result, just beyond the Gopalpur toll gate, the up section serves as two way till a distance. The accident occured right on the two way section.
The driver of the truck has been arrested and the vehicle seized.
Source: Newindpress.com
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