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Accidents on a high due to less signboards
There are more than 30 places or stretch roads in Cyberabad traffic police station precincts which have been identified as accident-prone areas. These areas have been marked as vulnerable spots, based on the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents that occurred during the last two years. But quite shockingly
Police do a vanishing act on the excuse of lack of manpower, equipment
Hyderabad: There are more than 30 places or stretch roads in Cyberabad traffic police station precincts which have been identified as accident-prone areas. These areas have been marked as vulnerable spots, based on the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents that occurred during the last two years. But quite shockingly, little has been done by the traffic police as there are no signboards with cautions and traffic signals.
The speed control mechanisms are only at few areas which put innocent lives at risk. Police is doing a vanishing act on the excuse of lack of sufficient manpower and equipment, and is not checking the errant and drunk drivers, resulting in the death of innocent people every day. Going by statistics, a total of 1,036 deaths have been reported in the year 2014 which includes 904 men and 132 women. .
Taking into consideration the number of deaths, 33 places in Cyberabad tops the accident-prone list, National Highways (Bengalaru and Nagpur), NH 163 (Warangal) and some of the roads in Rajenderanagar area. In March this year, 75 deaths were reported in all 11 divisions under Cyberabad commissionerate limits. “The main reason is over-speeding coupled with an absolute reluctance to follow the basic traffic rules,” a senior traffic police official of Cyberabad said. But while police officials blame the motorists for not following the basic traffic rules, they seem to be silent on the aspect of installing signboards, speed control mechanisms and patrolling the stretch.
By:Victor Rao
