[sustran] Re: Pedestrian deaths in Delhi - mind blowing numbers!!

Rutul Joshi joshirutul at yahoo.co.in
Fri Mar 2 16:52:12 JST 2012


960 pedestrian deaths in 2010 and 946 in 2011! These are alarming numbers - provided, if someone is being alarmed! Are these numbers published officially anywhere? Shouldn't we do something about it? 


I hope that after looking at the survey results, PWD plans around 'what ppedestrians do' on road instead of 'what pedestrians should do'. 


The way in which cars and right of way for the cars are becoming sacrosanct in Delhi is a serious situation. I hope, there is a plan in place to restrict and regulate the car-use over next few years. I have heard that DTC (Delhi Transport Corpo.) has thousands of new buses now and with the new route clustering in place, they are supposed to have good service. It will be great if someone can tell us more about it. 


Rutul





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 From: Sujit Patwardhan <patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com>
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Subject: [sustran] Re: Pedestrian deaths in Delhi - mind blowing numbers!!
 
2 March 2012



Why should one be surprised that 1000 pedestrians are killed each year in
Delhi?

-- If you consider that Delhi has more cars than Mumbai, Calcutta and
Madras put together
-- If you consider that Delhi continues to build flyover after flyover and
wide roads to ensure cars don't have to slow down in traffic
-- If you consider that the Traffic Police in Delhi (as in all other
cities) seem to only think about "moving vehicles" and see pedestrians more
as impediments
-- If you consider that Delhi more than the other metro cities has more
"big shots with heavy clout" than common citizens and now with the market
oriented policies the individual matters even less....
-- With the obscene amount of money spent on the Metro Rail the decision
makers feel they've done more than enough for "public transport" so nothing
wrong in continuing to pamper the car users. (haven't we heard people say
"OK we need more buses and more trains but also more cars!!!")

Sadly this is the reality and even though it's like sitting on a time-bomb,
our "leaders" appear to be more concerned in tracking down and silencing
the voice of dissent than doing something simple like making the life of
the majority of road users (those who walk, cycle and use public
transport) safer and more dignified.

--
Sujit





On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Ranjit Gadgil <ranjit.gadgil.1 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Can this be true?
>
> Close to a 1000 pedestrians killed every year in Delhi. OMG!!
>
> And if it is so bloody obvious that no one likes to use over bridges and
> that spending crores on them has not helped a bit (and in fact may have
> made things worse) how come no one is putting a stop to this nonsense and
> insisting on just plain regular at-grade crossings, where vehicles - I know
> this may sound radical - stop!
>
>
> http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Pedestrians-not-welcome-on-roads/Article1-816101.aspx
>
> "Despite civic agencies investing crores of rupees every year on subways
> and overbridges, Delhi’s roads continue to be a death trap for pedestrians.
> Every year, close to a thousand people are run over by speeding vehicles
> while walking on or crossing a busy street. According to a PWD survey,  a
> large number of people prefer crossing the road on the surface rather than
> walking a extra paces to use a pedestrian bridge."
>
> -- Ranjit
>



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