Around 70,000 lives are lost and about3.50 lakhs persons are injured on Indian roads every year. These apart from causing enormous misery and hardship to those affected. Inflict a heavy monetary toll on the economy. According to a rough estimate the total economy loss to the country on account of road accidents is estimated to be about Rs. 5000 crores every year which comes to about 0.5 % of the Gross Domestic Product of the country. This does not include the cost of pain, grief and suffering by the families of the victims.
The Ministry of Surface Transport has taken a number of steps in order to improve road safety in the country. These include widening and strengthening of roads, improvement of intersections, replacement of level crossing with road over / under bridges, provision of retro-reflective road signs and thermoplastic road marking and setting up wayside amenities on the highways for passengers and vehicles. The Ministry is also introducing amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act with a view to tightening the provisions relating to driving skills and fitness of vehicles including enhancement of penalties for various traffic offences.
On the educational side the Government has been undertaking various publicity campaigns to inculcate road safety consciousness among various sections of road users. These include publicity through print and electronics media like news paper, T.V. and radio, screening of cinema slides, computerised animation display, display on colour railings, advertisement through closed circuit T. V. system, distribution of calendars, tin plates, Road Safety Games, wall paintings depicting road safety messages etc.
The Ministry of Surface Transport has taken a number of steps in order to improve road safety in the country. These include widening and strengthening of roads, improvement of intersections, replacement of level crossing with road over / under bridges, provision of retro-reflective road signs and thermoplastic road marking and setting up wayside amenities on the highways for passengers and vehicles. The Ministry is also introducing amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act with a view to tightening the provisions relating to driving skills and fitness of vehicles including enhancement of penalties for various traffic offences.
On the educational side the Government has been undertaking various publicity campaigns to inculcate road safety consciousness among various sections of road users. These include publicity through print and electronics media like news paper, T.V. and radio, screening of cinema slides, computerised animation display, display on colour railings, advertisement through closed circuit T. V. system, distribution of calendars, tin plates, Road Safety Games, wall paintings depicting road safety messages etc.
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