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Centre urges consumers to use only BIS-certified helmets to bolster road safety
New Delhi: In a major step towards ushering road safety, the Union government on Saturday appealed to consumers across the country to use only Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)-certified helmets. The Department…
- Telangana
Telangana to adopt global road safety technologies, ties World Bank
Hyderabad: Telangana state is all set to adopt advanced global road construction and safety technologies to improve infrastructure and reduce accidents announces Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Minister for Telangana Roads and Buildings, during…
- India
India among top 3 countries with highest road deaths in SE Asia: WHO
New Delhi: India, Indonesia, and Myanmar are the top 3 countries with the highest road deaths in South-East Asia, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report on road safety launched on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Commuters express concern over impact of rumble strips on safety
Hyderabad: The city residents have once again questioned the purpose of rumble strips, which seem to be causing minor accidents and inconvenience to commuters. One of the X users on social media…
- India
‘Ravan’ appears in Gurugram to give road safety lessons
Gurugram: In an innovative awareness drive carried out by the Gurugram Traffic Police and Road Safety Officers (RSO), a cop dressed as Ravan, appeared at MDI Chowk of Gurugram to raise awareness…
- World
New Zealand amends roadside screening tests to get drug drivers off road
Wellington: New Zealand is changing the roadside drug testing regime to ensure police have the right tools to get dangerous drug-impaired drivers off the road, Justice Minister Ginny Andersen said on Friday.…
- Hyderabad
Pedestrians can now push this button to cross Hyderabad roads
Hyderabad: To enhance pedestrian safety in the city, 31 pelican signals with a push button facility have been installed by traffic police under the ‘Safe City Project’. These signals allow pedestrians to…
- India
Education on road safety key to improving safety standards in India: Gadkari
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday sought the cooperation of business women and corporate in inculcating a culture of road safety among road users…
- Hyderabad
Strive to make Hyderabad accident-free: Traffic commissioner
Hyderabad: Additional police commissioner of traffic department G Sudheer Babu, on Saturday presided over the district road safety committee meeting at Traffic Conference Hall, Nampally. The meeting was conducted in compliance with…
- India
Road safety body IRF urges FM to waive GST on helmets
Delhi: Road safety body International Road Federation (IRF) wrote a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, demanding removal of GST on life saving device helmets for safety of the two-wheeler riders…
- India
Mistry accident: Road safety audit raises concern over poor maintenance, inadequate signages
New Delhi: A safety audit on the highway, which witnessed the accidental death of Tata Sons’ former chairman Cyrus Mistry, has raised concerns over poor maintenance, inadequate signages to guide drivers and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: TSRTC bus hits bicycle couple, woman dies on spot
Hyderabad: A 31-year-old woman died on the spot after she was hit by a TSRTC (Telangana State Road Transport Corporation) bus hit her from behind here on Tuesday. According to station house…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police begins road safety, anti-drug awareness stalls at exhibition
Hyderabad: Hyderabad City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Friday inaugurated various stalls of Hyderabad City Police viz Road Safety Awareness, SHE teams and anti-drug awareness stalls installed at Hyderabad’s iconic exhibition Numaish.…
