A committee appointed by the Supreme Court to recommend measures to improve India’s road safety has urged chief minister Mamata Banerjee to act immediately on five essential areas, including pedestrian safety and wrong-lane driving. In April 2014, the apex court established the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety to address increasing incidents of road accidents and focus on engineering, education and enforcement. ADVERTISEMENT“The order of the Supreme Court inter alia mandates time-bound actions focusing on five critical areas. The letter addressed to “Dear Mamataji” was sent by retired Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, a former judge of the Supreme Court and chairman of the committee on road safety. The authorities shall also prioritise those areas where there have been pedestrian injuries/deaths in the last 2-3 years,” says the letter.

Source: The Telegraph January 03, 2026 01:23 UTC