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Pointing retired that astir 28% of the 60,000 lives mislaid successful the roadworthy accidents that occurred betwixt 2019 and 2025 successful Karnataka were pedestrians, Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the High Court of Karnataka has urged each roadworthy idiosyncratic to follow a cautious and disciplined approach.
He was speaking astatine the valedictory ceremonial of electronic-Detailed Accident Report (e-DAR) implementation and National Road Safety Month jointly organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, the Transport and Police Departments successful Bengaluru connected Thursday.
Calling upon the motorists to output to pedestrians, debar utilizing mobile phones portion driving, not to thrust nether the power of alcohol, bash not transcend velocity limits, and ever deterioration helmets and seatbelts, helium said that these actions necessitate precise small effort, yet they forestall immeasurable harm.
Pointing retired that online integration of an mishap information absorption strategy similar e-DAR is captious successful assisting the courts to efficaciously code post-accident lawsuit management, including compensation claims, Chief Justice Bakhru said nary ineligible proceeding tin undo the nonaccomplishment of a quality life.
Traffic challans
The virtual court, implicit the past 4 to 5 years, has processed 1,33,069 postulation challans, of which lone 323 cases were contested and referred to regular courts for trial, helium said, portion pointing retired that virtual tribunal has not lone reduced the load connected regular courts but has besides resulted successful postulation of ₹115.16 crore arsenic good magnitude to the State exchequer till date.
Earlier successful the day, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy inaugurated the implementation of e-DAR, an online strategy aimed astatine faster, much businesslike reporting and processing of roadworthy mishap cases successful Karnataka.
Mr. Reddy said that the e-DAR level has been designed to bring each stakeholders progressive successful roadworthy mishap cases onto a azygous integer interface, reducing delays caused by manual documentation and improving coordination among departments. “The strategy acts arsenic a cardinal repository for reporting, absorption and investigation of roadworthy mishap data, with the larger extremity of enhancing roadworthy information crossed the State,” helium said.
