Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 12: At least 281 human lives were lost and 2, 536 were injured in 1, 865 traffic accidents that took place in the Valley last year.
The tragic figure was revealed by Deputy Inspector General of Traffic, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar while speaking on ‘Road Safety Week’ here, which was organized by the Traffic Police.
Kumar said the total number of road accidents that took place in Kashmir were 1,865 in 2014 which claimed 281 human lives and 2, 536 were injured.
He said 1.85 lakh erring drivers were challaned and the traffic police collected a total revenue/fine of rupees 3.70 crore.
Others speakers also insisted that the police and the authorities should generate awareness regarding road safety in the State.
Earlier, IGP Kashmir Abdul Gani Mir said that the police should show zero tolerance for road accidents and they should work at both individual as well as collective levels to forbid from negligent driving to save precious lives in road accidents.
Mir said the total number of deaths in road accidents in Valley was higher than the number of lives lost in the past year due to militancy.
The IGP while referring to the early morning accident at Rengi, Sopore in which 07 precious lives including three members of one family were lost said that the objective of observing road safety week is that we should do all what is needed at individual and collective levels to avoid fatalities in road accidents. He said that we should take pledge to inculcate road safety habits such as avoiding use of mobiles during driving and ensuring use of crash helmets by us and our family especially young members.
The IGP said that it has been found that some public transport drivers do take drugs and drive which leads to negligent and rash driving on their part. He exhorted upon the commuters to take a pledge not to let the drivers cross the prescribed speed limits.
Mir while referring to the road engineering and traffic regulation said that there should be perfect coordination among the departments and the road users.
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