ಕೆ. ಅಣ್ಣಾಮಲೈ, ಐಪಿಎಸ್
ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧೀಕ್ಷಕಕರು
ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
K.Annamalai,IPS
Superintendent of Police
Udupi District.
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Ph : 0820-2534777
Fax : 0820-2526709
Mob : 9480805401
Bannanje Road,
Udupi District – 576101
e-mail- spudp@ksp.gov.in
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Date : 11/09/2015
Dear sir
Greetings
from Udupi District Police. At the outset we would like to thank you and your
administration for the excellent support you have given to the Udupi District
Police. I would like to take this opportunity to bring to your notice a serious
issue of the increasing number of traffic accidents and to which many young
people are losing their lives. When numbers are tallied for the whole of India,
for every minute there is a major accident happening and for every four minutes one person is losing his/her
life. For the year 2014 a total of 1.4 Lakh people have lost their lives. We
are second only to China in terms of road accidental deaths. The statistics
definitely gives us a very alarming picture.
Even back home in Udupi District, the
statistics are pretty grim
Year
|
Total No. of Accidents
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Fatal
|
Non Fatal
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Death
|
Injury
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2012
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1194
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152
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1042
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168
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1502
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2013
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1311
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231
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1080
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239
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1670
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2014
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1181
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199
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982
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220
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1466
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2015
(Till July)
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787
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128
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659
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131
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904
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The
statistics for college and School student accidents are as follows
Year
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Fatal
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Non Fatal
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2013
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03
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32
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2014
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04
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27
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2015
(Till July)
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07
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34
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As any right minded person would appreciate
these are not mere statistics but a story of loss of life, broken families and
many distressed souls. Many a times when we analyze these accidents we have
found a simple wearing of helmet in many instances would have prevented
fatality. In other cases under age person (below the age of 18) driving a
vehicle; driving an uninsured vehicle are also being noticed.
We believe it is our combined duty- we, as
the custodians of law and you, as the place where a student is shaped up with
nobility and integrity- to play a role in curtailing this accidents, many of
them are eminently preventable.
As you might
be aware or might have read in the newspapers,
we are in the process of bringing in some major changes in the way
school and college students commute. This is
being done to prevent the increasing road traffic students where a lot
of young people, especially in the prime of their lives are losing their lives.
We are trying to make with your support and guidance, wearing of helmets
compulsory for all school and college students who ride a motor bike starting from October 1, 2015. This
is perfectly achievable as you are within your powers to order this measure and
instruct your watchman and security
guard to be strict with students who are trying to enter the campus without a
helmet.
We cannot from the police dept make wearing helmets compulsory in Udupi
as this requires a government order. So, we depend on your measures to make
this a success. Just to make sure students are onboard with this measure we are
continuously visiting many of the colleges and schools and talking to them and
convincing them. Very soon we will visit your school/college as this is also a
busy time for us because of Ganesh Utsav
and Bakrid in the offing.
We sincerely request you to circulate this
communication to all your students, their parents and discuss this in your
Parent Teacher Meetings. I'm sure you will make this initiative a success with your personal intervention.
Looking forward to you meet you and your
students soon.
Annamalai
K IPS
Superintendent
of Police
Udupi
District, Udupi.
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