Road Transport & Highways Minister has launched the UNDP national awareness campaign on ‘Prevention of Human and Animal Mortality on Highways’ on 5 June. The campaign aims to generate awareness and education for the masses at large towards reducing or eliminating mortality on the roads of both human beings and animals.
As per the official data, India witnesses nearly 5 lakh road accidents every year, in which about 1.5 lakh lives are lost.
The move aims to bring down these figures by 20-25% by the coming 31st March. So far, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has identified over 5,000 black spots.
The Ministry has also taken measures to process for their rectification including temporary and permanent measures is being carried out on an urgent basis.
SOPs to rectify black spots for taking up short-term and long-term permanent measures have already been issued.
- Road safety measures include:
- rectification of Black Spots
- traffic calming measures
- Crash Barriers
- Repairing
- rehabilitation
- reconstruction of dilapidated and narrow bridges
- Road Safety Audit
- Reduction of fatalities on vulnerable roads
- Highway Patrolling
- Safety during Construction