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Ariyalur territory witnessed a emergence successful fatalities caused by roadworthy accidents reported connected assorted road stretches and colony roads successful 2025 prompting the enforcement authorities to initiate remedial measures.
The Ariyalur territory police, jointly with the National Highways Authority of India, State Highway, and Transport departments, person identified accident-prone spots connected antithetic roads.
Police sources said roadworthy accidents had claimed 211 lives successful 205 fatal cases reported successful 2025. The casualty figures successful 2025 were higher than that for 2024 erstwhile 174 persons were killed causing interest to stakeholders progressive successful roadworthy safety. Two-wheelers were progressive successful a bulk of the accidents which claimed the lives of 156 persons successful 2025.
Nearly 70% of deaths successful roadworthy accidents were either two-wheeler riders oregon those connected the pillion. Most of the two-wheeler deaths were caused due to the fact that of drinking and driving, overspeeding and negligence connected the portion of the riders, the sources said.
Ariyalur territory Superintendent of Police Vishwesh. B. Shastri told The Hindu connected Thursday that 81 accident-prone spots had been identified each implicit the territory by the constabulary successful relation with the National Highways Authority of India, State Highways, and the Transport Department. These spots autumn on some nationalist and State highways passing done Ariyalur territory too colony roads. The identified locations see Elakurichi, Poiyur, Managethi, Meensurutti, and Andimadam.
Apart from two-wheelers and airy vehicles, Ariyalur witnesses dense question of lorries arsenic the territory has 7 cement factories. Certain short-term measures were being taken astatine the identified spots to curb accidents. The constabulary person truthful acold installed 80 retired of the full 200 barricades astatine the achromatic spot locations connected antithetic road stretches to curb the velocity of vehicles and trim fatalities, Mr. Shastri said.
The remaining barricades would beryllium enactment successful spot soon. The barricades person been pasted with reflective stickers to alert the conveyance users portion travelling astatine night. Provision of capable lighting had been identified astatine six large blistery spots among different measures. Reflective stickers had been pasted connected culverts and road-side trees on colony roads to alert the roadworthy users.
In presumption of dense question of lorries, the constabulary had been sensitising drivers astir harmless driving practices during wide consciousness campaigns aimed astatine them. Similar campaigns were being conducted for different roadworthy users since astir of the mishap victims past twelvemonth were those proceeding connected two-wheelers, the SP said. Recommendations were being made for roadworthy engineering wherever required.
As portion of enforcement, the Ariyalur constabulary booked 2,38,165 cases nether Motor Vehicles Act successful 2025 for committing assorted violations. Of these, a small implicit 4,300 cases pertained to drinking and driving. Driving licences of 614 persons had been temporarily cancelled by the Transport Department authorities past twelvemonth for committing violations, including drinking and driving and overspeeding.
