Road accidents at ‘black spots’ came down in Pune last year

Based connected the inputs from the police, the territory medication had identified 39 achromatic spots successful the territory for the twelvemonth 2024. Pune metropolis constabulary stated that regulating heavy conveyance traffic has led to simplification successful the achromatic spots.

Police said measures were taken similar introduction of dense vehicles was banned successful metropolis bounds connected Pune–Ahmednagar Road from 7 americium to 11 americium and 5 p.m. to 9 pm. Police besides said that astir 25 notifications were issued past twelvemonth with respect to one-ways, U-turn banning, prohibition of dense vehicles connected circumstantial roads to regular traffic, owed to which the congestion was reduced and travel of postulation was improved connected six large roads successful the city.

The metropolis constabulary person besides claimed that the fig of ‘fatal’ accidents, causing decease of radical has travel down past year. As per the figures shared by the constabulary during the yearly property conference, 310 fatal accidents were reported past year, arsenic against 334 successful 2023. However, the full fig of accidents has accrued from 1,230 successful 2023 to 1,400 successful 2024.

Police pointed retired the multi-fold emergence successful enforcement against postulation violations, peculiarly drunken driving, incorrect broadside driving, triple spot and rash driving. Police person besides cancelled 1,345 driving licences of persons who were recovered progressive successful postulation offences.

It whitethorn beryllium recalled that 2 IT engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and his person Ashwini Koshta, some aged 24 and hailing from Madhya Pradesh, were killed aft the speeding Porsche driven by a 17-year-old lad allegedly successful an inebriated authorities deed their motorcycle astir 2.30 americium connected May 19, 2024.

The incidental had sparked monolithic outrage arsenic determination were alleged attempts to screen up and support the accused persons successful this case. The constabulary probe revealed that erstwhile the insignificant accused driving the Porsche car aft consuming liquor was taken to the government-run Sassoon Hospital aft the mishap for a aesculapian examination, his humor illustration was allegedly replaced with his mother’s. Police person truthful acold arrested 10 persons including the parents of the insignificant operator and Sassoon infirmary doctors successful this case. Police had intensified the enactment against drunken driving aft the Porsche car mishap case.

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