Archive · 3 Jan 2026
Supreme Court Panel Urges Bengal to Fix Roads
A group set up by the Supreme Court has asked the West Bengal government to quickly fix five big problems on the roads.
These problems are: making it safer for people to walk, making sure people wear helmets, stopping people from driving in the wrong lane, stopping people from overtaking unsafely, and controlling the use of lights and horns on vehicles.
The group says that almost 40% of people who die in accidents are people who were walking.
They also want the government to check the sidewalks to make sure they are safe and fix them if they are not.
The police in Kolkata have been trying to teach drivers to stay in their lanes to stop accidents.
Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety urged West Bengal to act on five critical road safety areas.
Key areas include pedestrian safety, helmet enforcement, wrong-lane driving, unsafe overtaking, and vehicle lights and hooters.
Pedestrians account for 40% of fatal accidents in the past five years.
Committee recommended conducting pedestrian infrastructure audits to identify and fix deficiencies.
Kolkata Police have been conducting awareness drives to promote safe driving practices.
- Who
- Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety
- What
- Urged Bengal to act on road safety measures
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- West Bengal, India
- Why
- To address increasing road accidents and improve safety
- Committee
- Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety
- Chairman
- Retired Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre
- Critical Areas
- Pedestrian safety, helmet enforcement, wrong-lane driving, unsafe overtaking, vehicle lights and hooters
- Pedestrian Fatalities
- 40% of fatal accidents in the past five years
- Committee Members
- Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, Nishi Mittal