The Traffic Directorate claimed to have taken several steps which yielded positive results, slashing the death toll in road mishaps by 19.56 percent in 2020, as compared to the casualties reported in Uttar Pradesh in 2019.
“On the instructions of the chief minister, special efforts were made for systematic traffic management across the state. As a result, there has been a reduction of 19.56 percent in road accidents in 2020 as compared to 2019, 22.54 percent in the number of injured and 15.48 percent in the number of dead in road accidents”, asserted Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi on Monday.
Speaking to mediapersons, Awasthi said that the government made efforts to make the traffic unit of UP Police agile and provide necessary resources. “The number of traffic personnel has been increased from 5080 to 10,080 (nearly doubled). Accident prone sites were identified as black spots and accordingly, action has been taken to rectify them in coordination with the Transport department. During the present regime, Traffic police have so far received Body Worn Camera 1738, Breath Analyzer with Printer 1976, Car Dashboard Camera / Tow Vehicle Camera 186, Smart Phone / Tablet 4102, Speed Radar Gun 171, Thermal Printer 3790, Spring Post 10346, Loud halter 287, Bollard cone 5907, Iron barrier 6511, Digital video camera 91, Folding barrier 5932, Wheel clamp 921, Delineator 8023, Reflective raincoat 3497, Safety gloves 3307, Safety helmet 3371 etc. Useful materials have been provided. Besides, the Integrated Road Accident Database System of Government of India has been implemented across the state.”
Additional DG, Traffic, Jyoti Narayan informed that Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) was prevalent in ten districts of the state namely Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Moradabad, Saharanpur and Jhansi respectively. “Apart from this, it is under process in six districts - Gorakhpur, Firozabad, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, Ayodhya and Meerut. The Integrated Control Command Center is being established in districts having IntegratedTraffic Management System. Vehicles violating traffic rules are being challaned through CCTV in these districts,” he said.
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3 cousins of bride killed in
mishap before wedding
Wedding celebrations turned into mourning when three cousins of the bride were killed in a road accident in Agra on Sunday, hours before the wedding. A moped bike that Harsh Rathore (20), Prem Rathore (18) and Ankit Rathore (19) were riding was hit by a truck near Nunhai police post causing the tragedy. The trio was returning home after picking Ankit from Rambagh when the mishap took place. While Prem and Ankit died on the spot, Harsh succumbed to injuries during treatment. A few family members performed the last rites of the three young men and then moved to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh where the wedding was scheduled to be held. The bodies were handed over to the family after conducting a post-mortem. After the accident, only five members of the family left for Gwalior along with the bride to solemnize the wedding.
In another mishap in Fatehpur on Monday morning, a girl riding the bike with her elder brother was crushed to death by a speeding truck while her brother was seriously injured near Lucknow bypass intersection of Sadar Kotwali area. After the accident, a mob chased and caught driver Taufiq along with the truck and brutally beat him up.
As per reports, Anjul Yadav (30) of Pali Behta police station in Kanpur, was going to attend the tilak ceremony of his wife’s younger brother Rukum Yadav, in Madaripur near Lodhigan scheduled on Tuesday. His sister Jyoti Yadav (19) was also sitting with him on the bike. As they were crossing Lucknow bypass around 10:30 on Monday, a speeding truck hit the bike from behind, due to which the brother jumped and fell away while the sister came under the wheels of the truck and was crushed to death. After the incident, a crowd picked up the brother and sent him to the district hospital in an injured condition.