The Haryana government has decided to opt for a 15-point strategy to reduce road accidents by 20% in a year which includes fixing of illegal road cuts on highways made by dhaba and petrol pump owners and keeping a watch on illegal liquor vends on roads.
This year till November, as many as 9,951 road accidents occurred in Haryana in which over 4,500 people lost their lives and nearly 8,500 people were injured. The official figures of accidents that happened in the state during the past six years indicate a large reduction in such incidents on state roads. When the state was battling Covid, there was a sharp decline in road accidents (by 16%) in 2020 when compared to 2019 as there was a limited movement of vehicles during the peak of the pandemic.
