Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari advised government engineers to quit their jobs and start a good DPR making company.
In Hardoi's Roshanpur village, a collision between an auto and a truck claimed 11 lives, including six women and three children.
Officials reported that the tragedy struck while the family was returning from Bulandshahr and was on their way to Agra.
In a tragic accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, three people, including two foreign nationals, lost their lives, while three others were injured when their car collided with a truck late Saturday night.
A bus carrying pilgrims overturned near Trishulia ghat in Gujarat's Banaskantha, resulting in the tragic deaths of four people and injuries to 25 others.
A female worker from the group of forty passengers, who witnessed the accident, told reporters that the tractor driver was drunk, leading to the tragic accident.
A high-speed bus overturned in the Robertsganj area of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, injuring 44 passengers.
Two schoolgirls lost their lives, and a third was seriously injured after being struck by a speeding pick-up van on National Highway 28 in Bihar's Samastipur district on Saturday morning, police reported.
A tragic collision between a bus and a tanker in Odisha's Ganjam district left five people dead and 12 others injured. The incident occurred on National Highway 59.
A tragic accident on the Arrah-Buxar four-lane road in Bihar resulted in the deaths of five people after their SUV lost control and collided with a guardrail.
Seven pilgrims returning from Pandharpur were killed and three others injured when their taxi veered off the road and fell into a well in Jalna district, Maharashtra. The accident occurred while trying to avoid an oncoming motorcycle.
A bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district resulted in three fatalities and 24 injuries after the vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 200-foot gorge. An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause.
Four family members died in a road accident in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district. Meanwhile, in other news, the Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested three individuals for stealing crude oil from an IOCL pipeline.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Pune for a fatal hit-and-run accident involving police constables.
The victims were identified as Riyasat Ali (45) and Piyush Yadav (22). Both were residents of Deoria in Uttar Pradesh.
A tragic bus accident on the Purvanchal Expressway in Musepur village resulted in four fatalities and 32 injuries early Monday morning. The bus, traveling from Ayodhya to Bhojpur, collided with a stationary truck.
The bus was travelling from Gwadar to Quetta, when a suspected tyre burst caused the vehicle to plunge into a ravine in the Washuk district of Balochistan. Provincial CM Sarfraz Bugti expressed condolences and directed the best medical facilities to be provided to the injured.
People dying in road accidents is the highest in India. To prevent these and increase safety, National Road Safety Week is celebrated in India every year from January 11 to 17.
The decision was made to minimize road accidents caused by reduced visibility during the winter season due to fog.
Road accidents in India: The road secretary said for education and awareness about road safety, the Union Ministry of Education has agreed to include road safety as part of the curriculum for schools and colleges to be implemented soon.
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