Keyword : Accidents

Govt woke up after Munde’s death on road safety & then went into slumber

Exactly a year ago BJP leader and union minister Gopinath Munde lost his life in a road accident. Woken by his tragic death, the government promised a stringent law on road safety. And, unfortunate

Railways doubles the compensation to accident victims

Over a month after hundreds of people lost their lives in Indore-Patna Express accident at Pukhrayan in Kanpur, railways has decided to double the compensation paid to train accident victims.

Train accidents derail railway safety

Three horrific train accidents have taken place in quick succession. The latest accident took place on January 21, when the Hirakhand Express was derailed in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh

Trains to tragedy

At a time when we are thrilled at the thought of the arrival of hyperloop transportation technology enabling high-speed travel inside a partially vacuum tube and introduction of the bullet trains,

Speed breakers left over 11,000 people dead in 2015

A staggering 11,084 people died in road accidents due to speed breakers in India in 2015, with Karnataka reporting 2,310 deaths. As many as 2,109 motorists died in Madhya Pradesh whi

Rail derailment in Raebareli: Creaky infrastructure leaves seven dead

The derailment of nine coaches of the New Farakka Express near Raebareli, in which seven people have been killed and dozens sustained grievous injuries, has once again exposed the hollow claims of

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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