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The is planning to enact the Odisha Road Safety Act and appoint a senior Ias<\/a> or Ips<\/a> officer to exclusively look after road safety issues.<\/p>\n

In a recent meeting chaired by development commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena, the

\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/svg>\r\n <\/span>\r\n Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div> government asked the commerce and transport department to explore the feasibility of formulating the Road Safety Act. Kerala, Tamil<\/a> Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat have already enacted it. Besides, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have also appointed road safety commissioners. The creation of a road safety commissionerate or directorate in Odisha has been under consideration for quite some time.<\/p>\n

The development assumes significance in the wake of road fatalities having increased by 21% from

\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/svg>\r\n <\/span>\r\n Subscribe on YouTube\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div> 2014 (3,931 deaths) to 4,738 deaths in 2019 despite The Supreme Court<\/a> committee on road safetys direction to bring down the accident deaths by 50% by 2020. The fatality rate (death per 100 accidents) is about 48.2% in Odisha as compared to the national Average<\/a> of 36.6%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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