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5 killed as car crashes into state transport bus in Maharshtra's Beed districtFive individuals, including an 11-year-old boy, were killed in a car collision with a bus in Beed district. The accident occurred while the...
33,000 people died in India between 2020 and 2024 in building collapses, fires and falls into pits and manholes: Govt dataNearly 33,000 people died in India between 2020 and 2024 in incidents involving building collapses, fires, and falls into pits and manholes...
Curing our broken, disturbing roads: NHAI mandates AI-based machine control for highway projectsNHAI mandates AI-based machine control for highway construction projects. This technology uses sensors and real-time data for precise road ...
Bengaluru techie turns car dashcam into AI tool that spots potholes and files a complaint in four seconds with photo and exact locationA Bengaluru engineer has built an AI-powered pothole detection system using a car dashcam, GPS and an accelerometer. After finding 12 potho...
Delhi rain floods streets, disrupts traffic; locals use makeshift raft to ferry school childrenHeavy rainfall lashed New Delhi, resulting in extensive waterlogging and major traffic disruptions throughout the city. Low-lying areas, pa...
Pothole deaths rise 53% in 5 years; UP accounts for over half of 9,400 fatalitiesPothole-related road accident deaths have increased by 53% over the past five years, with 9,438 fatalities recorded nationwide between 2020...
Bengaluru potholes claim life of student near Budigere Cross, 20-year-old crushed by a truck while avoiding bad roadA college student, Dhanushree, died in a road accident near Budigere Cross. A speeding concrete-mixer truck hit her scooter. The driver fle...
Self-healing roads may soon be a reality: NHAIThe technology allows asphalt, used to build roads, to self-heal and address the issue of potholes, one of the key reasons for road acciden...
Engineers to be held accountable, face action for any pothole on highways: GovtThe government aims to cover the entire national highway network under a perpetual maintenance contract to streamline the process and reduc...
Tamil Nadu: Woman techie dies after her two-wheeler hits pothole, run over by truckA Chennai software engineer died after being run over by a truck as she lost control after allegedly hitting a pothole on the road, informe...
Bengaluru car driver kills motorbike pillion rider while attempting to navigate potholesThe driver of the car was attempting to maneuver potholes in the Attur Main Road when the vehicle got out of hand and killed Shah, accordin...
Another pothole death: Bengaluru woman dies after being hit by busA woman who met with an accident while trying to avoid a pothole on a road in the Rajajinagar area of Bengaluru succumbed to her wounds.
Video: UP man complains about potholes; behind him an accidentHe was talking about the frequent accidents incurred by e-rickshaws at that spot when the accident happened
Dangerous plot holes in the India storyGoI's push for Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) makes road safety critical. Better constructed and maintained roads will improve safety, pa...
Band-aid for the road: Anand Mahindra wants India to be pothole-free, Sangita Jindal find his solution intriguingThe billionaire shared his unique solution to fixing potholes with his 9.5 mn followers.
Won't let you start any other project till you complete Mumbai-Goa highway work, HC tells Maharashtra govt"Unless you complete this project, we will not let you start any other project. Let the public reap the benefits of this project first," HC...
More die due to potholes than terror: Supreme CourtA bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said the large number of deaths caused due to potholes was "unacceptable" and was "probably more th...
Supreme Court takes note of 3,597 deaths due to pothole-related accidents in 2017"We are surprised that state governments have disputed the data sent by them to the MoRTH," the bench said, adding "the views of the states...
Bad roads killed over 10,000 people in 2015; 3,416 deaths due to potholesAlthough the overall fatalities under these categories had come down marginally from 2014, the number of people killed due to potholes rose...
How death larks on some roads in BengaluruThe “deadly ten” spots were identified after analyzing data from 2011 to 2013.