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Road accidents claimed a full of 242 lives successful Chamarajanagar territory during 2025, according to a statistic connected roadworthy accidents shared by the Regional Transport Officer.
Sharing the statistic connected roadworthy accidents astatine a programme organised successful Chamarajanagar precocious to people 37th National Road Safety Month – January 2026, Regional Transport Officer Gayathri said a full of 821 accidents had been reported during 2025, successful which 1,274 persons were injured, portion 242 had died.
During 2024, a full of 769 mishap cases were reported successful which 256 radical had died and 1,130 radical were injured.
Ms. Gayathri shared these statistic portion delivering the introductory code astatine the relation organised jointly by the Chamarajanagar territory administration, Chamarajanagar District Legal Services Authority, Chamarajanagar territory police, Regional Transport Department, and the Chamarajanagar Road Safety Committee successful Chamarajanagar recently.
With a presumption to efficaciously curbing the rising fig of roadworthy accidents, the Transport Department has been organising roadworthy information and postulation regularisation consciousness programmes astatine crowded places specified arsenic markets, fairs, railway stations, and autobus stands, Ms. Gayathri said portion seeking the co-operation from the nationalist and each stakeholders to marque Chamarajanagar an accident-free district.
Ishwar, elder civilian justice and subordinate caput of the District Legal Services Authority, Chamarajanagar, said each beingness is precious, and hence the nationalist should strictly travel postulation rules to support lives and guarantee roadworthy safety.
Road safety, helium said, means ensuring the information of each idiosyncratic utilizing the road. With the summation successful the fig of vehicles, the fig of accidents has besides risen and non-compliance with postulation rules is the main crushed for this, helium rued.
“While immoderate radical are alert of postulation rules, they are negligent successful pursuing them. Accidents are accidental and not intentional, but an mishap tin propulsion an full household onto the streets. Hence, each operator indispensable workout patience and caution portion driving,” helium said.
He said each idiosyncratic driving a conveyance indispensable compulsorily transportation a driving licence, security policy, conveyance registration certificate and contamination nether power certificate. Two-wheeler riders indispensable deterioration helmets and car drivers indispensable usage spot belts, helium said.
Vehicles indispensable beryllium driven wrong the prescribed velocity limits. Indicators should beryllium utilized connected the highway, helium said, portion cautioning radical against drunken driving. “Signal jumping and triple riding indispensable not beryllium done. Vehicles should not beryllium parked successful no-parking zones,” the justice said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Girish, an authoritative from the School Education Department, noted that owning 2 oregon 3 scooters and cars had go a substance of societal prestige successful contiguous times.
Regretting the emergence successful fig of accidents arsenic the fig of vehicles were increasing, helium said “haste” is simply a large origin of accident.
A concern has emerged wherever adjacent parents promote children beneath 18 years to thrust vehicles, which is unacceptable, helium said. “Despite having galore postulation rules for roadworthy safety, they are not being followed, which is unfortunate. Children indispensable beryllium educated astir roadworthy information rules from the superior level itself,” helium said.
On the occasion, posters and handbills aimed astatine creating consciousness astir postulation rules and roadworthy information were released.
Deputy Director of Pre-University Education Puttagowramma, Senior Motor Vehicle Inspector Yogesh, and different officials attended.
