Hyderabad, March 20 -- The Telangana government has stepped up efforts to curb rising road accidents with a renewed focus on enforcement, awareness, and inter-departmental coordination under the "Arrive Alive" programme as part of the 99-day Praja Palana-Pragathi Pranalika.
At a high-level review held at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Secretariat on Friday, Roads & Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar stressed the need to treat road safety as a public movement rather than a routine administrative exercise.
Highlighting the severity of the issue, the Ministers said road accidents are claiming more lives than several health-related causes, with a large number of victims in the 18-40 age group.
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