Road accident scenario more ‘dangerous’ than Covid in India: Gadkari | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Terming road accident scenario in India more “dangerous than COVID-19 pandemic”, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday stated there might be a saving of Rs 90 lakh per individual by stopping deaths and decreasing accidents to minor ones in such incidents.
The minister harassed that the accident value as an incredible burden to society and the nation and the estimated value of a dying in a highway accident is round Rs 91.16 lakh.
Releasing the World Bank report on ‘Traffic Crash Injuries And Disabilities: The Burden on India Society’, ready in affiliation with Save Life Foundation, Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister Gadkari stated in this alarming scenario his ministry will formulate insurance policies to guard the curiosity of the poor and embark on a number of reformative steps.
India accounts for the very best quantity of highway accidents globally, with 1.5 lakh folks being killed and more than 4.5 lakh crippled yearly in 4.5 lakh highway accidents with losses amounting to three.14 per cent of the GDP.
“For Government, each life is precious whether that is from poor or rich family, urban or rural area, male or female and at any level of society. The situation is alarming… there are more deaths than in COVID-19…It is more dangerous than COVID-19,” Gadkari stated terming the World Bank report an eye fixed-opener.
In India value per significantly injured individual comes at Rs 3.64 lakh whereas value per minor injured individual stands at Rs 77, 938 and the associated fee per dying is estimated at Rs 91.16 lakh, he stated.
“So death cost is 100 times more than injury cost. It shows that if we succeed in preventing deaths in a road accident and restrict the life of accident victims to minor injuries only, we can save around Rs 90 lakh per person,” the minister stated addressing the occasion.
“We needed to change law and make special policies. Accident cost as a tremendous burden to society and nation. There are lots of lapses in the legal system, police system. We need to protect the poor,” he stated including that coverage interventions are on the anvil other than a quantity of steps, already initiated by his ministry.
Around 70 per cent of deaths are in the working-age group of 18 to 45 years outdated whereas India accounts for 415 deaths per day in highway accidents.
Emphasising highway security audits, moreover audit of detailed venture reviews, engineering plans and schemes pertaining to the injured, the minister stated numerous audits can appropriate deficiencies inflicting accidents.
Earlier, 40,000 km of highways have been introduced underneath auditing.
The minister stated IITs and engineering schools might take up freeway stretches for highway security audit with some monetary assist whereas third-social gathering highway security audits will assist in discovering engineering faults and correcting them.
Emphasising that his ministry was one such ministry which didn’t consider in defending the flawed-doers and was clear, the minister stated there’s a want that DPRs ought to be proof-checked and revised by competent authorities, third-social gathering businesses, and academic establishments earlier than implementation.
He urged states to copy Tamil Nadu mannequin which might cut back highway accidents by 38 per cent and deaths by 54 per cent and added 78 per cent of highway accident deaths are of two-wheeler riders, bicyclists and pedestrians and safety and security of these weak highway consumer teams is the foremost precedence of the Centre.
Gadkari additional stated the chairman of the National Road Safety Council shall be introduced quickly as this physique shall be liable for gathering accident knowledge and suggesting measures to additional cut back highway accidents.
Stressing that 70 per cent of accident deaths In India are on account of over-rushing, the minister stated health test of all automobiles has been mandated via Automated Vehicle Inspection and Certification (I&C) centres.
Gadkari additionally stated it’s important that vehicle producers ought to additional improve security options.
Broadly, the Report says that highway accidents are an incredible burden to society and the nation and states and decreasing accident deaths and accidents can enhance revenue development and huge welfare good points could be achieved from confirmed value-efficient highway security interventions.
The minister stated highway accident deaths and accidents strike down prime working-age adults in low and center-revenue international locations and added that accidents are a public well being challenge and problem in international locations like India.
Gadkari stated the federal government is working with the World Bank on numerous initiatives, one of which is to streamline the highway crash database that’s iRAD.
Pointing out that one of the important thing findings of the report is that the quantity of accident deaths is double in poor households as in comparison with wealthy ones, he stated it is extremely necessary to have a streamlined and strong and accessible authorized, insurance coverage and healthcare ecosystem.
The minister stated that suggestions of the report on the security of weak highway customers, cashless remedy, enchancment of civic and well being infrastructures, penetration and compensation mechanism of insurance coverage, publish-crash response ecosystem and integration of stake-holders would assist in revising the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act 2019 and Motor Vehicle guidelines.
The World Bank report comes even because the nation is observing an prolonged first-ever “Road Safety Month” at the moment to construct consciousness of highway security.
The minister harassed that the accident value as an incredible burden to society and the nation and the estimated value of a dying in a highway accident is round Rs 91.16 lakh.
Releasing the World Bank report on ‘Traffic Crash Injuries And Disabilities: The Burden on India Society’, ready in affiliation with Save Life Foundation, Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister Gadkari stated in this alarming scenario his ministry will formulate insurance policies to guard the curiosity of the poor and embark on a number of reformative steps.
India accounts for the very best quantity of highway accidents globally, with 1.5 lakh folks being killed and more than 4.5 lakh crippled yearly in 4.5 lakh highway accidents with losses amounting to three.14 per cent of the GDP.
“For Government, each life is precious whether that is from poor or rich family, urban or rural area, male or female and at any level of society. The situation is alarming… there are more deaths than in COVID-19…It is more dangerous than COVID-19,” Gadkari stated terming the World Bank report an eye fixed-opener.
In India value per significantly injured individual comes at Rs 3.64 lakh whereas value per minor injured individual stands at Rs 77, 938 and the associated fee per dying is estimated at Rs 91.16 lakh, he stated.
“So death cost is 100 times more than injury cost. It shows that if we succeed in preventing deaths in a road accident and restrict the life of accident victims to minor injuries only, we can save around Rs 90 lakh per person,” the minister stated addressing the occasion.
“We needed to change law and make special policies. Accident cost as a tremendous burden to society and nation. There are lots of lapses in the legal system, police system. We need to protect the poor,” he stated including that coverage interventions are on the anvil other than a quantity of steps, already initiated by his ministry.
Around 70 per cent of deaths are in the working-age group of 18 to 45 years outdated whereas India accounts for 415 deaths per day in highway accidents.
Emphasising highway security audits, moreover audit of detailed venture reviews, engineering plans and schemes pertaining to the injured, the minister stated numerous audits can appropriate deficiencies inflicting accidents.
Earlier, 40,000 km of highways have been introduced underneath auditing.
The minister stated IITs and engineering schools might take up freeway stretches for highway security audit with some monetary assist whereas third-social gathering highway security audits will assist in discovering engineering faults and correcting them.
Emphasising that his ministry was one such ministry which didn’t consider in defending the flawed-doers and was clear, the minister stated there’s a want that DPRs ought to be proof-checked and revised by competent authorities, third-social gathering businesses, and academic establishments earlier than implementation.
He urged states to copy Tamil Nadu mannequin which might cut back highway accidents by 38 per cent and deaths by 54 per cent and added 78 per cent of highway accident deaths are of two-wheeler riders, bicyclists and pedestrians and safety and security of these weak highway consumer teams is the foremost precedence of the Centre.
Gadkari additional stated the chairman of the National Road Safety Council shall be introduced quickly as this physique shall be liable for gathering accident knowledge and suggesting measures to additional cut back highway accidents.
Stressing that 70 per cent of accident deaths In India are on account of over-rushing, the minister stated health test of all automobiles has been mandated via Automated Vehicle Inspection and Certification (I&C) centres.
Gadkari additionally stated it’s important that vehicle producers ought to additional improve security options.
Broadly, the Report says that highway accidents are an incredible burden to society and the nation and states and decreasing accident deaths and accidents can enhance revenue development and huge welfare good points could be achieved from confirmed value-efficient highway security interventions.
The minister stated highway accident deaths and accidents strike down prime working-age adults in low and center-revenue international locations and added that accidents are a public well being challenge and problem in international locations like India.
Gadkari stated the federal government is working with the World Bank on numerous initiatives, one of which is to streamline the highway crash database that’s iRAD.
Pointing out that one of the important thing findings of the report is that the quantity of accident deaths is double in poor households as in comparison with wealthy ones, he stated it is extremely necessary to have a streamlined and strong and accessible authorized, insurance coverage and healthcare ecosystem.
The minister stated that suggestions of the report on the security of weak highway customers, cashless remedy, enchancment of civic and well being infrastructures, penetration and compensation mechanism of insurance coverage, publish-crash response ecosystem and integration of stake-holders would assist in revising the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act 2019 and Motor Vehicle guidelines.
The World Bank report comes even because the nation is observing an prolonged first-ever “Road Safety Month” at the moment to construct consciousness of highway security.
