One out of every four parents use a mobile phone while driving and one in every 10 parents jump traffic signal even when they are traveling in a car with their children. These are the findings of a survey on what children observe when their parents and guardians are behind the wheel. The survey recently […]
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Fire On Top Floor Of High-Rise In Mumbai’s Worli, Brought Under Control
A fire broke out today at a high-rise building located on Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Mumbai’s Worli. The fire was reported from the building’s top-most 33rd floor. All residents were rescued from the building but two firemen were admitted to a hospital after they complained of suffocation. Their condition was reported to be stable. The fire […]
G For Go, Z For Zebracrossing: When Learning Road Rules Is Fun
The Traffic department held a Road Awareness Summer Camp at its Training Park on Baba Kharak Singh Marg to teach school kids road safety and traffic rules in a fun-filled manner. The broader aim was to infuse a sense of traffic consciousness among children to start a trend of imparting traffic education from a very […]
2,000 Get Caught In The Capital Everyday For Driving Dangerously
After ingesting the number of traffic violations that occur in the Capital daily, one is bound to wonder – ‘what if a car, jumping the red signal, comes and hits me tomorrow?’ The fear is not unfounded. Nearly 83 motorists are prosecuted every hour in Delhi for rash-driving, defying traffic signals, drunken driving and over […]
Post BeauMonde Blaze, All Highrises To Be Inspected For Fire Safety Norms
Following Wednesday’s fire at BeauMonde Towers, the Mumbai Fire brigade will undertake inspection of all highrise buildings to check whether all firefighting norms have been adhered to. At the civic standing committee meeting on Thursday, corporators questioned the BMC why firemen had to carry out the firefighting exercise manually when there was a 90 metre […]
Safety Manual Remains A promise, Accountability A Pipe Dream?
There seems to be no let-up in accidents at various industries in Visakhapatnam and its neighbourhood with fire safety mechanism going for a toss. Despite being the largest industrial hub of Sunrise Andhra Pradesh, social audit has remained on paper in the region. The increase in fatal accidents has been attributed to shortage of manpower […]
Second Step Of Industrial Safety Ordinance Process On Council Agenda
More than a year after the Benicia City Council approved the first step in a two-step process to consider bringing an Industrial Safety Ordinance to Benicia, the council will resume its discussion Tuesday when the matter is brought back for the second step of the process. Following the flaring incident at the Valero Benicia Refinery […]
NHMP Launches Road Safety Campaign
The National Highways and Motorway Police Central Zone launched a special road safety campaign and distributed Iftar boxes among motorists during the last ten days of Ramazan. During this campaign, Iftar boxes and special road safety pamphlets and brochure booklets were distributed among commuters and motorists travelling on motorways and highways. During the month of […]
50 Buildings On MC Notice For Violating Fire Safety Rules
The fire wing of the Municipal Corporation has issued notices to more than 50 buildings in the city for not having proper fire safety arrangements. The MC had completed a survey recently, following which notices are being issued to those found violating the fire safety norms. Sources said different teams visited 130 buildings and ascertained […]
New Software Designed To Assess Road Safety Measures
SHOs have to fill data relating to accidents in APPRSP by using smartphones. Hereafter, all the station house officers (SHOs) will compulsorily have to go to accident spots in their jurisdiction. The State government developed a new software in association with iNative Solutions Private Limited to assess the reasons accurately and come out with solutions […]