The transport department is planning to start a road safety campaign that will involve local resident welfare associations, market stakeholders, school children and society representatives. As part of the campaign, the district magistrates will form plans to address the increasing number of accidents in consensus with the locals.
The decision was taken after a government study found that road sections passing through pedestrian-heavy areas having schools, metro stations and commercial sites were more prone to accidents. A senior official said that funds worth crores, which were meant for ensuring road safety, were not being utilised. The focus of the campaign will be to identify and rectify black spots, revisit speed limits, form road safety clubs, install AI cameras at strategic locations, encourage helmet use, check speed in high-risk locations and regulate overloaded commercial vehicles, the official explained.
The number of deaths due to road accidents in Delhi totalled 1239 in 2021, an increase from 1196 fatalities in the previous year, according to the Delhi Crash Report 2021, which was prepared by the city's traffic police. Pedestrian deaths comprised more than 40% of the total fatalities.
Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect, so the answer is Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
The whole passage describes a campaign to reduce accidents and make Delhi roads safer.
So statement I correctly captures the focus of the passage.
The passage says funds worth crores meant for road safety were not being utilised.
So the money was not properly used, contrary to statement II.
Therefore statement II contradicts the passage and is incorrect.
The unused funds are cited as a problem the campaign must address.
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