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English Release 19-June 2013
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- Presidents Secretariat
- President of India to visit Tripura from June 20 to 21
- Prime Minister's Office
- PM announces 1000 crore rupee disaster relief for Uttarakhand
- PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran
- Min of Comm. & Information Technology
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Extension of time for receiving comments on draft amendments to the Interconnection Regulations applicable for Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems (DAS) and Tariff Order applicable for all addressable systems
- Min of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
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National Consumer Helpline Records 12,704 Calls in may, 2013
- Min of Defence
- Armed Forces Mount Massive Relief Operations in Uttarakhand and Himachal
- Ministry of Finance
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Government Approves 1 Proposal of Foreign Direct Investment Amounting to About Rs.7.00 Crore
- India and World Bank Sign Us$ 216 Million Agreement
for Kerala State Transport Project
- Min of Health and Family Welfare
- Smt. Santosh Chowdhary takes over as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
- Min of Human Resource Development
- MoS for HRD Shri Jitin Prasada visits Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) 2013
- HRD Ministry to Strengthen Monitoring System of Mid Day Meal Scheme
- Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- MoPNG rebuts allegations regarding KG D-6 Field
- International crude oil price of Indian Basket declines to
103.20/US$ bbl on 18.6.2013
- Ministry of Railways
- Commodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Railways Goes up by 8.66 Per Cent During April-May 2013
- Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways
- Min of Shipping
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Signs Concession Agreement with M/s. Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal Pvt. Ltd
- Min of Textiles
- K S Rao Takes Charge as New Textiles Minister
- Ministry of Tourism
- Tourism Minister Announces New Campaign to Promote Himalayas
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways31-December, 2012 18:32 IST
24th Road Safety Week to Begin Tomorrow with Drive Against Drunken Driving
Theme is “Stay Alive, Don’t Drink and Drive”
Make Road Safety a Social Movement-Dr. C P Joshi
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The 24th road safety week begins tomorrow. The theme for Road Safety Week to be celeberated from 1st January to 7th January 2013, is “Stay Alive, don’t drink and drive”. The emphasis will be on spreading awareness against drunken driving.
The valedictory function of 24th Road Safety Week will be held on 7th January 2013 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. “Road Safety Week” is observed all over the country in the month of January every year in order to spread road safety awareness. It aims to give everyone an opportunity to promote road safety in their community, school, work place and on the roads in general.
Road safety requires a multi pronged endeavour from various stakeholders like the transport sector, highway engineers, police, health sector, insurance sector, automobile manufacturers, legal sector, civic agencies, educational institutions, NGOs and the community at large. It is felt that collective effort would make a significant impact on the incidence of road accidents and help mitigate the scourge of road accident related deaths and injuries. Dr. CP Joshi, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (RT&H) has appealed to all stake holders to join hands with the Government in its effort to make roads safer and to develop a sustainable road transport system across the country.
The number of persons killed in road accidents in India is the highest in the world.In the year 2011, over 1.42 lakh people have been killed in about 4.9 lakh road accidents reported so far. These numbers translate into roughly one road accident per minute and one road accident death every four minutes for India. Of these 24655 road accidents were caused due to drunken driving resulting in 10,553 deaths and 21,148 injuries in India. The scourge of drunken driving needs to be eliminated by spreading awareness and through stringent enforcement measures. The state governments have also been requested to ensure removal of liquor shops from the vicinity of Highways.
Children and youth are among the most vulnerable on the roads. The age group (15-24 years) accounted for 30.3 per cent of total road accident casualties during the year 2011. It is the Ministry’s endeavour to make road safety a social movement in partnership with schools and Universities. Educational institutions can play a very important role in promoting road safety. They can organize road safety activities at school and colleges and create opportunities for students to engage in road safety programmes.
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