Hyderabad, March 21 -- The Telangana government has stepped up its efforts to tackle the rising number of road accidents through stricter enforcement, enhanced awareness campaigns and stronger inter-departmental coordination under the "Arrive Alive" programme, part of the 99-day Praja Palana-Pragathi Pranalika initiative.

Road safety as a public movement

At a high-level review meeting held at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Secretariat on Friday, March 21, Roads & Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar stressed that road safety must be treated as a mass public movement rather than a routine administrative exercise.

Alarming accident statistics

Highlighting the gravity of the situation, the ministers ...