-Livemint.com Bundelkhand Expressway: Opposition parties criticized the ruling BJP government of Uttar Pradesh over Potholes in the long-stretched road. A portion of the newly inaugurated 296-km-long Bundelkhand expressway has developed deep Potholes due to heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh, within a week of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching this long-stretched road. Durgesh Upadhyay, UP Expressway Industrial Authority spokesperson informed that the portion of Bundelkhand expressway has developed one-and-a-half-foot-deep Potholes due to incessant rainfall...
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Supreme Court express concern over deaths in accidents due to Potholes
-PTI The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over deaths in accidents caused by Potholes on roads across the country and observed that the number of fatalities caused by such accidents was more than those in terror attacks. A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepka Gupta observed that a large number of people were dying in accidents caused by potholed roads and asked the Supreme Court Committee on Road...
More »Potholes killed 3,597 across India in 2017, terror 803 -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Potholes took a deadly toll in 2017, claiming almost 10 lives daily with annual fatalities in the country adding up to 3,597 — a more than 50% rise over the toll for 2016. Maharashtra recorded a doubling of deaths at 726 year on year — disheartening evidence that road safety remains a casualty in India. The magnitude of the problem can be understood from the fact that...
More »'Plastic is poor man's friend': Padma Shri winner Rajagopalan Vasudevan uses waste to build roads -Vinita Govindarajan
-Scroll.in The ‘Plastic Man of India’ has found a way to reuse plastic waste and to make durable roads. A 73-year-old retired chemistry professor from the Thiagarajar Engineering College in Madurai was on Thursday named as one of the 73 recipients of the Padma Shri, the government’s fourth highest civilian honour. Rajagopalan Vasudevan is known as the “Plastic Man of India” for devising an innovative way of disposing of plastic waste...
More »Using mobile while on wheel kills 2,100 in a year -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The use of mobile phones while driving claimed 2,138 lives last year while faulty speed-breakers, Potholes and under-construction roads accounted for 26 deaths on the roads every day, according to data released by the transport ministry. The maximum deaths due to use of mobile phones while driving were reported from UP, followed by Haryana. Delhi reported two deaths while Maharashtra registered 172 fatalities on this account....
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