Posts : Safety

Know about BMTC accidents that shook you? - Please reply

Richa.Dhodi - 25-MAR-2009

I am a student and I am looking at BMTC accidents for my project. Can you please help me in knowing about bus accidents or victims or their families who got injured or died in Bus accidents?

Baner Road - Safety concern

Sudhir Menon - 19-MAR-2009

Tried to post this concern in the 'suggestion' portal of Pune Traffic Police, but apparently it is not functional. Was wondering if there is some one in Praja team who is in touch with Pune Traffic police on Safety issues ?

Drunken drivers on rise in the city

Richa.Dhodi - 2-MAR-2009

The City Traffic Police statistics this year shows a seven per cent increase in the number of drunken drivers as compared to 2007. This year 29,608 cases have been registered till December 13. In this month alone the Bangalore Traffic West and Traffic East recorded about 957 cases reported against drunken drivers. 27,644 such cases were registered last year.

Corporation performs ‘magic’ on Nrupatunga Road

Richa.Dhodi - 28-FEB-2009

BY Richa Dhodi BANGALORE: The newly-built subways on Nrupatunga Road, laid by the city corporation, are proving to be useful to the citizens of Bangalore. The second of the three pedestrian subways to be constructed on Nrupathunga road opposite St. Martha's hospital was laid on Sunday. Work on the third is to begin shortly.

Namma Auto (awareness program for auto drivers)

veeracb - 7-FEB-2009

Namma Auto is a community project to bring awareness to auto drivers about the traffic rules and regulations and road safety, this will be the first to create safe roads in Bangalore.

Improving Road Safety - Fiji Experiment

Ravi_D - 3-FEB-2009

Happened to come across this PDF on worldbank website. Read item (b) - Fiji.

Interesting.... 10% of the third party insurance premium goes to Fiji National Road Safety Council (NRSC). Benfits both insurance companies and the population.

Metro construction and safety

idontspam - 11-JAN-2009

Really concerned how many more irresponsible accidents are going to happen before this project is completed. I get the feeling this project is being run like a govt housing construction for the EWS.

Bangalore Apartments - How safe are they?

Vasanth - 26-OCT-2008

Bangalore is becoming like apartment city. So many apartments and many apartments have overtaken the Utility Building in terms of number of floors. How safe are they ? How well are they constructed ?

Tata Motors: The makers of Nano do not consider Road Safety their Priority

asj - 15-OCT-2008

Dear all,

I write after a long pause on this matter. After letting go off intial anger, I still wondered whether or not to blow the whistle (in a way) on Corporates that oft claim to be the Champions of people and society. Part of me perhaps was worried of becoming infamous for the wrong reasons, being mis-understood etc. 

'Safe Passage' - for pedestrians at K R Puram, Benniganahalli

psaram42 - 1-OCT-2008