Gurgaon roads most unsafe in state

GURGAON: A survey by the traffic and highway department has brought out Gurgaon has the most unsafe roads in the state with a high risk of accidental deaths

Updated At : 06:26 AM Aug 28, 2015 IST

A traffic jam at Gurgaon’s MG Road. A file photo

Sumedha Sharma

Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, August 27

A survey by the traffic and highway department has brought out Gurgaon has the most unsafe roads in the state with a high risk of accidental deaths.

The survey was conducted to attain an accident-free traffic management. It has taken into account road accidents on major intersections in all 21 districts where four or more deaths have been reported in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In the survey report prepared by DIG (traffic and highways) Sibash Kabiraj, 31 spots have been identified across the state and, ironically, 25 are in Gurgaon followed by four in Faridabad, one in Kaithal and one in Panchkula. The report also states that barring Kaithal, no other district authority has done anything to reduce the risk factor at these spots.

The report further highlights that of 129 accidental deaths during this period, 125 were reported from Gurgaon. The report also holds lack of speed breakers and traffic signals, ill-designed roads and encroachments responsible for deaths.

Ten deaths occurred at Himgiri Chowk, 10 at Qutub Plaza, 12 at Mahavir Chowk, nine at Z Chowk near Sector 28, 12 at the Kanhai intersection and nine on the Golf Course Extension Road crossing. All this due to lack of traffic signals, the report states.

At some of these intersections, accidents took place because traffic signals were switched off after 10 pm, the report has pointed out.

“No matter what happens on roads, it’s the police that draw the flak. The truth is most of the accidents here happen due to bad engineering, poor road conditions and infrastructure,” said Police Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk.