[totaldonations]
In an effort to document the issue of roadkills in the state, Study and Awareness of Wildlife & Environment (SAWE), an NGO based in Goa is conducting a survey to record mortality rates of animals on highways in Margao and Ponda. As per their findings, more than one roadkill occur every day on these highways.…
In February 2019, the Goa Road Safety Forum decided to form the first Road Safety Patrol (RSP) in an education institute in Ponda i.e GVM’s College. The formation of this RSP would entail teaching students hand signals, traffic signs and other rules of the MV Act and then enlisting their support to the traffic police…
As per a report released by the Goa Traffic Police Department in April 2019, a year-on-year growth rate of 13.9% in the number of vehicles on Goa’s roads, there was a 5.31% decrease in road accidents in 2018. Further, there was a 21.32% drop in road accident fatalities in 2018 as compared to 2017, and…
In April 2019, the Goa Road Safety Forum (GRSF) met with the new PWD minister Deepak Pauskar to highlight road safety issues in the state. As a result of this meeting, several steps are to be taken to improve road safety conditions in Goa such as the installation of convex mirrors and road safety signages…
new post is here
