One hundred and seventeen people lost their lives in 146 road accidents over the past six months in Hazaribag district. In the accidents, 126 persons were injured in the first six months of 2022. This was brought into light in the road safety meeting conducted by the district administration here on Wednesday.
The meeting was chaired by the deputy commissioner of Hazaribag Nancy Sahay. In the meeting the members discussed ways to reduce the accidents as well the compensations that should be given to the family of the victims.
The deputy commissioner said in the meeting there is urgent need of bringing down the number of accidents in the town as well on National Highways, which cross Hazaribag.
She suggested the members start aggressive campaigning and creating awareness on road safety, especially amongst youth, so that the number of accidents can be reduced.
The DC also emphasised on police and traffic department to join hands for taking strict actions against citizens flouting traffic rules in the town and surrounding areas of the town.
She further said that the traffic department should immediately stop triple loading on two wheelers, use of helmets during the driving and check the speed of two wheelers in the town.
The DC said that the Ranchi-Patna road from Hathiyari more to Ichak block is known as the accidents zone. This is the duty of the traffic department to start the drive to check the overloading and speed of the vehicles.
Every officer and policeman, who has been deputed in traffic, must be equipped with breath analyzers to check the use of alcohol by driver of two and four wheelers.
She further said that a letter should be written to the NHAI for using slogans and road markers in the accident prone zones. She clearly instructed the members to organize the road safety meeting every month in the district headquarter.