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| Distt Jammu leads chart with 1684 accidents, 192 deaths | | J&K roads bloody; 1080 lost live in 6129 accidents | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, April 30:
The roads in Jammu and Kashmir, especially City of Temples, have turned bloody as the same has witnessed accidents at the rate of 17 per day and claimed at least 3 lives every day during 2010, said official figures of the state transport department.
Official records revealed that at least 1080 persons were killed in 6129 road accidents across the state last year. Jammu region leads the accident tally with 4303 incidents, claiming the lives of 777 persons while in Kashmir valley 1826 accidents were registered in which 303 persons lost their lives.
As per the figures as many as 1684 road accidents were recorded in Jammu, claiming the lives of 192 persons while in Samba 73 persons killed in 358 mishaps and 111 lost their lives in 400 accidents in Kathua. As far as Udhampur district is concerned, 481 road accidents occurred last year, claiming the lives of 85 persons, in Reasi 38 people killed in 169 accidents while in Doda district 226 accidents were recorded last year in which 50 persons were killed.
In Kishtwar district, 82 road accidents took place and 55 persons were killed while hilly Ramban district witnessed the death of 94 persons in 349 accidents. In border district of Poonch, 173 road accidents were taken place last year and 23 deaths were reported while in Rajouri the figure of road mishaps was 364 in which 51 persons lost their lives.
In Kashmir Valley, Srinagar leads the list with 379 accidents, claiming the lives of 55 persons while Ganderbal witnessed 86 accidents leading to death of 36 persons. In Budgam 126 accidents were registered in which 24 persons lost their lives, in Anantnag, 217 accidents claimed the lives of 30 people.
In Kulgam, the number of accidents was 176, killing 22 persons while Pulwama was the only district where the number of people killed in road accidents was just 2 in 82 road mishaps. In Shopian, the data says that 48 accidents were registered killing 9 persons whereas Awantipura reported 147 accidents leading to death of 37 people.
In Baramulla, 168 accidents were registered killing 15 persons, in Bandipura 61 accidents in which 11 people lost their lives. Kupwara recorded 59 accidents and 6 deaths last year while Handwara witnessed 56 accidents, claiming the lives of 11 people. In Leh, 85 accidents were registered causing the death of 28 persons while Kargil witnessed 68 accidents killing 6 persons during last year.
As many as 68 accidents took place in Sopore, claiming the lives of 11 persons. Government data says that about 7, 96,493 vehicles were registered in Jammu and Kashmir till December 2010. Among the vehicles 10310 busses, 15348 mini-busses, 48983, trucks, trailers, 24729 taxies, 39, 294, three wheelers, 187170 cars, 11749 jeeps, 424768 two wheelers and others types of vehicles include 34142.
As per the rules, route permits in Jammu and Kashmir are issued only to commercial vehicles that carry a certificate valid for one year from the manufacturer certifying the requirements of safety and pollution norms. Subsequent renewals are granted only on production of pollution check certificate from the authorized pollution checking centres.
Driving licenses are issued to persons above the age of 18 years for which the applicant is required to apply as per the prescribed form appending therewith a medical certificate.
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