Sir,
This has reference to the article ‘Fatal road accidents in Jammu’ DE Aug 4, 2019. The author has expressed deep concern over the rising graph of horrible accidents in the Jammu region. It is quite disturbing that all the stakeholders- people, traffic department and police have never taken the matter seriously and subsequently have never bothered to find a way out to overcome the problem.
Every accident ends with people expressing concern or publishing a press release showing sympathy for the victims and demanding ex-gratia relief for the bereaved.
It may not be out of place to mention here that Chenab valley people have suffered most in the accidents, and almost every family there must have lost one or two members.
The Government must find a mechanism to deal with this issue on permanent basis, as no adhoc measure is going to heal the wounds of the suffering community.
Ajit Kumar
Udhampur
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