Srinagar, May 13: Chairman Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday expressed concern over the surge in the number of road accidents in Chenab Valley and Pir Panjal region.
In a statement issued here, Azad urged the authorities to put in place a preventive strategy for stopping accidents instead of taking post-accident measures. “The roads are in dilapidated condition in these hilly areas making them sensitive to road accidents. In these road accidents, many people have lost their lives and many suffered grievous injuries in these road accidents,” he said.
Referring to the road accident of Saturday in which 18 people were injured after a mini-bus skidded off the road in the Dalwas area of Ramban, the DPAP chief said that dilapidated roads result in vehicles plunging into deep gorges.
“These road accidents have consumed previous lives and also resulted in critical injuries,” he said.
Azad urged the authorities to take immediate repairs to dilapidated roads and also to take preventive measures for stopping accidents instead of taking post-accident measures.
