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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN MUMBAI
Mumbai anti-encroachment drive: Western Railway clears Rs 600 crore land, violence erupts in BandraWestern Railway is conducting a massive anti-encroachment drive in Garib Nagar, Mumbai. Hundreds of structures are being demolished to recl...
Mumbai bus accident: Eyewitness blames presence of hawkersA tragic bus accident in Mumbai's Bhandup locality claimed four lives and injured nine. Pedestrians, pushed onto the road by sidewalk hawke...
Maharashtra govt asks civic bodies to set aside one per cent of budget for road safety and public awarenessMaharashtra's civic bodies must now allocate one percent of their annual budget to road safety and public awareness. This directive, follow...
Clear our cities of all hoarding muckIllegal hoardings in Indian cities, especially during festive seasons, pose a significant public safety threat, tragically evidenced by the...
Hit-and-run cases account 38 pc of all fatal crashes on Mumbai roads in 2023: ReportIn 2023, 38% of fatal road crashes in Mumbai were hit-and-run incidents, predominantly affecting pedestrians and two/three-wheeler occupant...
Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Opened? Check route, entry points, toll-free areas and latest updateA 3.5 km section of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway is now open, improving travel between the two cities. The entire 31.6 km expressway inclu...
No need for speed: Luxury cars' involvement in accidents spur worriesSpeeding luxury cars have caused several fatal accidents across India, highlighting the dangers of reckless driving. Recent incidents in Pu...
Rajat Bedi booked for death by negligence after man hit by actor's car succumbs to injuriesThe deceased was returning from work on Monday when he was hit by the actor's car.
FIR filed against Rajat Bedi after his car hits a pedestrian in Mumbai, actor takes injured man to hospitalBedi then went to the police station and informed a cop about the incident.
Killer Indian roads claim lives of 56 pedestrians dailyPedestrians are the most vulnerable road users as they have no protection in case of an accident.
Mumbai rail situation ‘grim’, said panel in 2012The panel said an estimated 15,000 people die on tracks every year because of trespassing. "Of this, 6,000 deaths or 40 per cent of the cas...
Last-mile link? Let's give long Skywalks a tryThe Hebbal junction can be decluttered and seamless transit to the airport achieved by establishing a well-designed long skywalk network co...
Mumbai tops the chart in pedestrian safety: Road Safety Index by Maruti SuzukiKolkata has best road lighting and maintenance, Chennai has best emergency services while Ahmedabad has best road cleanliness according to ...
Nitin Gadkari wants India Inc’s help to make roads saferMahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has started work with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to make the Mumbai-Pune Expressway s...
Bengaluru is India's best place to stay, says Mohandas PaiThe optimism and youth of the city, driven by hope and technology! Young, dynamic, fun, egalitarian, sensitive and modern, India's only glo...
We are at a global turning point in road safety: Kelly Henning, Bloomberg PhilanthropiesKelly Henning, who heads public health programmes at Bloomberg Philanthropies, tells about the impact of its work in India and how an effic...
Budget 2015: BMC to provide tablets to Std 8 students, open 10 new schoolsThe civic body has earmarked Rs 11,836 crore as capital expenditure, which will be used for infrastructure projects like roads and water.
- Bhujbal urges corporates to be more active on social front
"There are so many corporates who can take up the tasks and do something for the society," Bhujbal said here, while launching telecom major...
Pathetic saga of road safetyThe only way to curtail India’s ever-rising road accident toll is through an urgent and major overhaul of the regulatory system.
- Perils of ignoring pedestrian issues
It’s unclear when the word pedestrian came to mean the ordinary, the infra dig, the undistinguished or dull.