Thar Havoc reflects Kashmir accidents tragedy
News Kashmir Analysis
Mahindra Thar was first introduced in India in 2010. Named after the great Indian desert, the Thar gained popularity soon after its launch due to its dominating road presence.
But this famed vehicle became headline in the past week in Kashmir due to a road accident tragedy, probably due to high speed.
The place was Tengpora Srinagar and date was 14 November, 2024.
official said that the collision occurred in the afternoon, resulting in the on-the-spot deaths of two individuals and injuries to another.
The deceased have been identified as Hammad of Lal Bazar and Azeem of Sanat Nagar. The injured person has been identified as Mohammad Eissa Ganie of Nowshera.
Two others were injured. All of them were students .
Almost daily deaths of humans in tragic traffic accidents in Kashmir, and most of them being young reminds us of many undoing as society.
Reckless driving , minors driving ,license less driving , poor road quality have all coupled to give rise to these traffic disasters.
SSP Traffic Srinagar Muzaffar Ahmad Shah, while talking to News Kashmir observed that :” The onus lies on parents and society to get awared about following the right sense. How come parents are giving their vehicles to minors below age of 18 as it is crime. They should not give driving skills to the minors because once they do it children commit blunders. This skill should be given at legal age. The youth should avoid rash driving. Society also needs to get awared about same especially following due rules and regulations. We as traffic department ate also accelerating our job and concerned by the recent tragic accident involving Thar resulting in unfortunate deaths of children. It is not humanely possible to check each and every vehicle in a city like Srinagar wherein lakhs of vehicles ply, all need to get awared and follow laws and regulations. “
As a matter of fact, in our country too road accident deaths are becoming matter of concern.
Over 1.7 lakh persons were killed in road accidents in 2023. That translates to an average of 474 lives lost every day or one death almost every three minutes, as per data shared by states with central govt. This is the highest number of people killed in a year since govt started collating road accident data at the national level to assess the extent of the problem and reasons behind crashes .
Jammu and Kashmir has a ugly and painful data related to accident deaths.
Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a very worrying spurt in road accidents in the first nine months of the year, with 4,457 accidents resulting in 621 deaths and 6,122 injuries across the Union Territory.
The recent Thar Havoc has brought to light rising number of road accident deaths in Kashmir.
