Deaths due to accidents on expressway down to single digit in July, tweets ADGP Alok Kumar

BENGALURU: With a string of accidents claiming dozens of lives, prompting the police to crack down and regulate speed on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, the number of deaths has dropped to single digits in July, Additional Director General of Police (Traffice and Road Safety) Alok Kumar has said.

In a tweet, the ADGP noted, “Largely due to proactive efforts by Police no of deaths due to crash on Bengaluru-Mysore Highway is down to 8 in July 23. May-29 deaths, June-28 deaths. Most accidents due to rash & negligent driving Kudos to our team of officers & men. Need to keep deaths in single digit”, he stressed.

Alok Kumar noted that while there were 29 deaths in May and 28 in June, the number dropped to eight in July after the police cut down the speed limit on the expressway. He also stressed the need to minimise the death toll on the expressway.

The police deployed radar speed guns in Ramanagara and Mandya districts and limited the speed to 100 kmph. Recently, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had unveiled a speed detector near Mandya and had said 10 more would be installed along the expressway in the coming days.

The CM had also stated that the state government has also presented a Rs 151 crore proposal to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for improvement of service roads, bypass roads, skywalks among others.