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Madurai : Eight persons, including two women, were killed and six others injured when a van in which they were travelling collided with a lorry at Tiruchuzhi village in Virudhunagar district today. The van was on its way from Rameswaram to Sattur in the district, police said. The injured had been admitted to various government hospitals, they added
Add comment September 3rd, 2009 02:36am webmaster
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Emulating many other states of India, the police in Punjab are set to rope in citizens to act as traffic marshals. “This is a pilot project initiated by state Director General of Police (DGP) P.S Gill and it will be launched in six major cities of the state on Aug 28,” a police spokesperson said here Wednesday.“In the first phase, Patiala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Bhatinda and Mohali will have traffic marshals,” he added. “Based on feedback, other cities will also be covered under this project. Each city will have 15 to 20 traffic marshals with clean background and an aptitude for voluntary service.”
Selected traffic marshals will interact with traffic police in their own neighbourhoods and will supervise the work of traffic staff. They will also interact with the public as needed.
Add comment September 3rd, 2009 02:21am webmaster
PUNE: The Rajashree Parmar Memorial Foundation, which works for accident prevention and road safety awareness, has suggested various road safety measures which need to be implemented on the Pune-Solapur highway after it is widened to a four-lane road.
A 190-km stretch of the highway from Yewat to Solapur will be widened to a four-lane road. The project will be undertaken by the central road transport ministry and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
Add comment September 3rd, 2009 02:17am webmaster
VADODARA: Just pray that you are not one of those unfortunate ones to have met with an accident on two highways - NH-8 and expressway - connecting Vadodara to Ahmedabad. Chances are that you will be either shifted in a ‘mortuary van’ or in an ambulance that has an oxygen cylinder, but no regulator to pump the oxygen into your body in those precious moments when you are fighting for your life.
Highway ambulances, supposed to act as lifesavers at the time of accidents, seem to be in need of treatment on NH-8 and Vadodara-Ahmedabad Expressway - touted to be among the best in the country. When TOI team did a reality check of ambulances running on these highways connecting two of the most important cities of Gujarat, it came to light that while the ambulance on NH-8 at Vasad toll plaza was actually a mortuary van converted into an ambulance, things were no different even at expressway.
Add comment September 3rd, 2009 02:15am webmaster
Gurgaon The 27.5-km Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway —thrown open to the public on January 2008 and used by several lakh motorists daily — got its completion certificate or Commercial Operation Date (COD) just a week ago.
This was revealed in an RTI application filed by K S Anand. Anand lost his 19-year-old son in an accident on the Expressway in March this year when his car hit a tanker parked next the median on the main carriageway. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has revealed they gave DS Constructions Limited the completion certificate on August 22 this year.
Till June this year, 1,696 people have met with accidents on this stretch, out of which 100 people have lost their lives.
