Two persons were killed in a road accident on Kona Expressway on Sunday. In another incident, a private car rammed into the divider of Maa flyover that left one injured on Sunday afternoon. With Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee repeatedly cautioning the vehicle drivers to
drive safely and on the roads, these repeated incidents are adding to the problems of the state administration.
On Sunday, Nayem Ansari, a middle-aged man and his pregnant daughter Israt Ansari were going to Mourigram from Howrah's Dasnagar. The father was riding the bike and his daughter was riding pillion.
Nayem stopped the bike at Mukhali crossing. The bus hit them from behind while the signal was open for the vehicles.
The father-daughter duo came under the rear wheels of bus. They died on spot. Police said, Nayem was wearing helmet while his daughter was not.
In another incident, a private car hit the divider of the Maa flyover on Sunday afternoon. The car was going towards Park Circus. The driver was critically injured and he was taken to the hospital.
However, several incidents of accidents have been reported on Maa flyover. A state government statistics revealed that 17 accidents took place here from 2015 to the end of 2016.
Stating that road accidents have increased in recent years, Bengal Chief Minister recently said she wants to strengthen the law to curb these incidents. She said that she was really saddened by the number of accidents these days taking so many young lives.
She said the motor vehicles law of the Central government should be made strong to curb such mishaps. The state government will strengthen the rules of the Motor Vehicles Act but it would take a few days.
In July last year, Banerjee had launched the 'Safe Drive Save Life' campaign eyeing to spread a sense of safe driving and responsible
road behaviours.