Deadly roads: Gurugram registers 442 road-accident deaths in 2018
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As many as 442 people lost their lives in 1,214 road accidents in 2018 in Gurugram, a senior police official said yesterday.
Gurgaon Police Commissioner K K Rao said traffic policemen are taking all measures to prevent road accidents in future.
"We had registered 481 deaths in 2017. Comparing to this, we have registered 39 cases lesser in 2018," said Rao.
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Over 15,000 challans issued for various road violations last year
Further going, Rao said, "Similarly, road accidents are also lesser by 175. The number of road accidents registered in 2017 was 1,389."
He said traffic policemen work on zero tolerance policy on drunk and rash driving, which are responsible for fatal accidents.
"We've issued 15,780 challans under various road violations such as drunk driving, rash and negligence driving, over speeding," Rao said.
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'Have deployed 2,000 personnel on road to avoid further mishaps'
"It has been observed that people losing their lives on roads is comparatively very high in respect to any other crime. Therefore, we have deployed half of the strength (2,000 traffic personnel) on road to save as many lives as we can," said Rao.