-PTI/ United Nations According to recent estimates released by the ILO, each year 2.78 million workers die from occupational Accidents and work-related diseases (of which 2.4 million are disease-related). The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world’s “major industrial Accidents” of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational Accidents and work-related diseases each year. The report released...
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49 elephants killed in Railway Accidents between 2016-18: MoEFCC -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu In addition, 11 tigers and 13 lions died in railway and road Accidents in the past three years Kolkata: In 2016, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) released ‘Eco-friendly measures to mitigate impacts of linear infrastructure’, an advisory document for mitigating human-animal conflicts. Despite this advisory, and many others issued by conservationists and organisations, deaths of wild animals in road and railway Accidents have continued unabated. The MoEFCC...
More »Child road safety report sets off alarm bells, minister Gadkari says it's a 'failure' for him -Anisha Dutta
-Hindustan Times Gadkari, who launched the ‘Rear Seat-Belt Usage and Child Road Safety in India’ report, pointed that almost 90% Indians also face safety risks by not using rear seat belts. New Delhi: Nine out of 10 Indians do not secure children with seat belts while travelling in four-wheelers or ensure they wear helmets on two-wheelers, according to a study, which Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari cited on...
More »Count this: 849 dead, over 1.3k injured in Uttarakhand road Accidents this year -Gaurav Talwar
-The Times of India DEHRADUN: A tragic bus accident in Uttarkashi district that left 14 people dead and several injured has once again brought to fore the issue of unsafe roads in the state. In the first 10 months of 2018, 849 people have died in road Accidents while 1,334 people have been left injured in Uttarakhand. Between January and October, a total of 1,191 road Accidents were reported from across...
More »Railways drive leaves just 77 unmanned level crossings
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The railways have eliminated a large number of unmanned level crossings over broad gauge lines as it stepped up its drive to enhance safety across the network. Latest data showed that 3,402 unmanned level crossings had been eliminated in the last seven months. There were 3,479 unmanned crossing and the state-run transport behemoth plans to get rid of the remaining 77 by the end of December. By...
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