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Roads successful Coimbatore metropolis look to beryllium little affable for pedestrians arsenic information accessed from the constabulary nether the Right to Information (RTI) Act showed that pedestrians accounted for 37% of roadworthy postulation mishap fatalities reported successful the archetypal 10 months this year.
Of the 232 persons who mislaid their lives successful roadworthy postulation accidents successful the metropolis from January to October, 86 were pedestrians. A full of 971 accidents (fatal and non-fatal) were reported successful the metropolis during this play and 280 of them (28.83%) were involving pedestrians.
“Pedestrian deaths relationship for much than 20% of full roadworthy fatalities nationwide. But this fig is 37% successful Coimbatore, a wide indicator of deficiency of facilities for the information of pedestrians successful the city. The alarming percent of pedestrian fatalities successful Coimbatore shows sheer negligence by authorities, including the Highways Department,” said K. Kathirmathiyon of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, who accessed the information from Coimbatore City Police nether RTI Act.
As per the RTI reply, adjacent though pelican signals are utile for the nationalist to transverse roads, subways oregon ft overbridges were necessary.
The constabulary stated that subways oregon ft overbridges were indispensable astatine Anna Statue, Lakshmi Mills junction, RK Mill junction, Fun Mall junction, airdrome junction, Chinniyampalayam, Gandhipuram junction, No:3 autobus stop, Ukkadam, Chinthamani junction, Kavundampalayam junction, Thudiyalur junction, Singanallur junction and Ramanathapuram junction.
“The RTI reply by the constabulary intelligibly states the request for harmless pedestrian crossings astatine these places. Though determination was allocation of ₹15 crore for 5 subways oregon ft implicit bridges for Avinashi Road flyover successful the archetypal plan, it was not executed. Similarly, ₹5 crore allocation for a subway astatine Gandhipuram junction for the flyover was besides not utilised. Authorities are not bothered astir pedestrian information since they hardly transverse these roads by foot,” said Mr. Kathirmathiyon.
Officers attached to Coimbatore City Police said that they were forced to deploy unit astatine engaged locations, wherever radical thin to transverse the roadworthy successful ample numbers, owed to the lack of subways oregon ft overbridges.
Mr. Kathirmathiyon, who is besides a subordinate of the District Road Safety Committee, had highlighted deficiency of facilities for pedestrians successful the metropolis successful a submission fixed to the Supreme Court Committee connected Road Safety recently.
