Lucknow, Sept. 6 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that road safety is a serious challenge for the state as more people die in road accidents every year than the number of lives lost in the three years of the COVID period.

"Most deaths involve the youth. This is a matter of concern for both the society and the government, " he said.

The CM today launched and laid the foundation stone for various services of the Transport Department. He said safety of every person walking on the road is the responsibility of the Transport Department. "If a passenger's life is saved, it creates a positive image of the department, but if a life is lost due to negligence, not only the department gets defamed, but it also causes financial lo...