Ritika
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The capital Delhi is one of those cities in the country which is facing the problem of traffic jams every day. In the last three decades, the number of vehicles on Delhi’s roads has increased by almost 21 times, while the length of the road has only doubled. According to the annual report of Delhi Traffic Police, there were more than 1.22 crore registered vehicles in all categories in Delhi in 2021.
Between the three decades from 1981 to 2021, the number of motor vehicles has increased by almost 21 times. At the same time, the length of the road has increased from 15,487 km to just 33,198 km in the same time period.
Accidents increased by the number of vehicles
The ever-increasing congestion on the capital’s roads has manifested itself in many transportation problems. The traffic on the main road has almost crossed the threshold of carrying capacity of the roads. With increasing population and increasing number of vehicles on the roads, the risk of accidents has also increased. Vehicle population, human behaviour, incomplete and low traffic signs, defective road design, flaws in the designing of vehicles are some of the reasons which are increasing the road accidents in Delhi.
Apart from these, drunken driving, overspeeding, overloading, violation of traffic rules are also common reasons.
One year: Deaths- 1239, Challans more than 80 crores
According to the Delhi Traffic Police, 1,239 people lost their lives and 4,273 were injured in road accidents in the capital in 2021. In 2020, Delhi had the highest number of road accidents at 1,196, followed by Chennai with 872 and Bengaluru 646. Officials say that in 2020-2021, to reduce the number of accidents, against wrong road users. Prosecution strategies were created.
In 2021, spot challans were issued to drivers on 13,23,556 and notices on 65,69,985. After which the challan amount of Rs 9,79,80,500 and Rs 71,82,19,300 was received by the traffic police.
