17 killed in street accidents on expressway close to Gurugram in 2020
2 min read Image Source : FILE 17 killed in street accidents on expressway close to Gurugram in 2020
Road accidents are nonetheless rising on the Western Peripheral Expressway or the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway which was made operational in 2019. According to site visitors police information, 17 individuals have been killed and 10 critically injured in 2020. The KMP was constructed for easy site visitors motion and curbing site visitors congestion on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (NH-48).
But because the variety of automobiles on the KMP elevated, accidents are happening with growing frequency on the stretch.
According to the site visitors police, the KMP has now emerged as a brand new black spot. The site visitors police have recognized a number of causes behind the accidents, which embrace individuals of the encircling villages crossing the street on foot or driving at excessive velocity and parking alongside the roadside with out switching on their indicators.
Apart from the KMP, National Highway-48 has additionally emerged as one other killer stretch in Gurugram. According to police information, a complete of 194 street accidents befell on the Delhi-Jaipur freeway in 2020, wherein 116 individuals died and 105 individuals have been critically injured.
Besides this, there have been 161 street accidents on the state highways wherein 92 individuals misplaced their lives and 96 individuals have been injured.
The accident information additionally revealed that the town’s inside roads are usually not protected for travellers. In the 544 accidents that occurred on the town’s a number of inside roads, 444 individuals have been critically injured and 116 individuals died.
“Efforts are being made to curb road accidents on the KMP, Delhi-Jaipur highway and other roads in Gurugram. Apart from this, cameras would also be installed for speed detection and identifying errant drivers on the KMP and the national highway. Soon all the city roads will be monitored via CCTV cameras and the traffic police have already started sending e-challans to the traffic rules violators,” mentioned ACP Traffic and Highways Manoj Kumar.
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