With Amritsar topping the chart with maximum accident-prone range, a total of 1,645 persons lost their lives in Punjab in road accidents in the first six months of 2011. Meanwhile, the Punjab Police has also identified killer stretches in the state, where maximum accidents have taken place.
According to figures provided by the police department, out of total 3,042 road accidents that took place in Punjab from January 1, 2011, till June 30, in addition to 1,645 deaths, as many as 2,561 persons were injured. “Maximum accidents took place on the roads located in the Amritsar police Range,” claim official figures.
Topping the death chart, Patiala has reported 171 deaths in road accidents, followed by 132 in Ludhiana and 103 persons have died in Roopnagar in the same period.
Meanwhile, an official letter sent to all SSPs and Commissioners in the state by the ADGP Traffic, Punjab, states that maximum accidents took place due to over-speeding, drunken driving, over loading, wrong lane driving and wrong parking. “Majority of the accidents have taken place on the Amritsar-Jalandhar, Amritsar-Pathankot, Ropar-Anandpur Sahib, Balachaur-Garhshankar and Garhshankar- Dasuya where pilgrim-bound buses have met with accidents,” it reads.
The letter further poses a question mark on the working of various Municipal Corporations and councils which have failed to curb the menace of stray cattle, due to which maximum accidents were taking place. “Shortage of reflectors and reluctance on part of vehicles to use it has further increased road accidents,” its states.
Other districts that have reported accidental deaths include Ferozepur (71), Muktsar (39), Moga (44), Faridkot (17), Mansa (29), Bathinda (85), Sangrur (94), Barnala (10), Fatehgarh Sahib (62), Ludhiana (Rural) 71, Khanna (62), Jalandhar (30), Jalandhar (Rural) 69, Kapurthala (45), Hoshiarpur (86), Amritsar (35), Amritsar (Rural) 70, Gurdaspur 59, Taran Tarn (58), Batala (43), SBS Nagar (62) and SAS Nagar (103).
Senior officers confirmed that while educational drives have been initiated to educate masses about road safety, more efforts are being put to implement road safety norms and challan offenders on regular basis. “More patrolling and speed interceptor machines would be sent to the districts to check over-speeding and stringent checks would be imposed to check drunken driving,” they said.
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