India, Feb. 9 -- Circa 2025 saw the highest number of road accidents in Maharashtra in the last five years while the 32-hour ordeal of motorists on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway after a tanker of propylene gas overturned happened barely a week ago. In the aftermath of this, the state government saw fit to address the grave issue of road safety by organising a 'Fun Run', a fact that faced criticism from transport experts.

On Sunday morning, the transport department organised two separate events: a Road Safety Bike Rally from Ghatkopar Pumping Station till the Wadala truck terminal, and a 5-km Road Safety Run ('Fun Run') was for 5 km from Ghatkopar (E) along the Eastern Express Highway. The department said these were to promote 'road safety' ...