LUDHIANA: Sunday’s accident in which three youths, including a woman, died after their car fell into Sidhwan Canal near South City from the gap in the fence was not a one-off case. Several lives have been lost due to gaps in the boundary around Sidhwan Canal.
After the accident, the traffic police placed two cemented boulders to fill the breach. The TOI took a round of the canal from South City to Lohara and found many such fatal spots. Most were identified near South City, Pakhowal Bridge and Lohara.
A road safety expert said action should be taken against public works department (PWD) officials and the project directors of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) who worked at the Southern Bypass. Road safety expert Kamaljit Soi said, “The police must register a case against the officials concerned for the unfinished work. Because of their negligence, the car of youths fell into the canal from the gap between the wire barriers. At many places, they have installed cem
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Ludhiana: Overspeeding is the major cause of road accident deaths in Ludhiana in 2019 as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. Despite that, the Ludhiana Traffic police have only one speed checking radar, which is used in Sahnewal area on the Ludhiana-Delhi national highway. Importantly, the deaths in road accidents due to overspeeding in Ludhiana is even higher than the national average of deaths in 2019 under this category.
As per the latest NCRB data, total 365 deaths in 526 road accidents were reported in Ludhiana, of which 314 accidents were due to overspeeding, which resulted in 209 deaths. This means that 57.26% of the total deaths in road accidents in the city are due to the accidents caused by overspeeding. The figure is even higher than the national average, wherein death due to overspeeding comprises 55.2%.
Ludhiana: The Ludhiana traffic police are observing the 32nd National Road Safety Month from Monday onwards but the 92 accidental black spots, where most of the accidents, including fatal ones, have taken place, are crying for attention. It has been a few years since these black spots have been identified, however, till now nothing has been done to rectify the faults to avert accidents there.
The assistant commissioner of police, traffic zone-1, Gurdev Singh, has also released his book in which he has given detailed solutions to correcting the construction of the 10 black spots. But despite that, no practical changes have been made.
Will bridge trust gap
As negotiations aren’t moving beyond ‘yes’ and ‘no’, we need a third party whom both sides can look up to. There is trust deficit and spiritual leaders can help bridge the gap.
“As negotiations aren’t moving beyond ‘yes’ and ‘no’, we need a third party whom both sides look up to. There has been trust deficit and spiritual leaders can help bridge the gap. We will approach Giani Harpreet Singh head of the highest temporal seat of Sikhs,” said BJP national spokesperson Kamaljit Soi.
Soi claimed it was tough to come to conclusion on any point with around 40 union leaders, attending talks from the farmers’ side. “It’s terribly cold and even Baba Lakha Singh was of the view that all farmers, particularly women and children, should return home,” he added.
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