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Using mobile phones while driving claimed 2,138 lives in 2016

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September 7, 2017

New Delhi, Sep 7: The use of mobile phones while driving claimed the lives of 2,138 people in 2016 and Uttar Pradesh has topped the list with most number of people breaking laws. Uttar Pradesh is followed by Haryana. Maharashtra reported 172 deaths due to use of mobile phones while driving while Delhi reported only two.

According to a report released by transport ministry, faulty speed-breakers, potholes, and under-construction roads take 26 lives every year. This is the first time the transport ministry has released such data from each state.

The report said that every hour, 17 people die in road accidents. The officials of the ministry also admitted that most of the accidents happening due to use of mobile phones by drivers or pedestrians go unreported.

Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said that people using mobile phones and taking selfies while driving are “increasingly posing a greater risk to themselves and others as well”, reported.

The World Health Organization (WHO) also says that the people talking on mobile phones face four times higher risk of a crash.

Delhi police special commissioner (traffic) Ajay Kashyap said that messaging or taking selfies while driving or walking on the road is a big traffic risk. He also said that the exact reason of the accident go unreported as it gets difficult to specify the cause. “People are addicted to them,” he said.

Earlier this year,  SaveLife Foundation released a survey which stated that nine out of 10 drivers felt that using mobile phones while driving was unsafe. However, 47 per cent admitted to having received calls while behind the wheel.

It also mentions that 3,396 people died in accidents caused by faulty speed-breakers, 2,324 died due to potholes, and 3,878 people died on roads under construction.

“Ill-designed speed-breakers have become a menace and more people are left injured for no fault of theirs. These are illegal. We will soon come out with a new design of speed-breakers,” Gadkari was quoted as saying.

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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: As many as 210 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths have been reported in Karnataka, taking the total cases to 7,944 and death toll to 114, said State Health Department.

Today, 179 persons have been discharged across the State while 4,983 persons have been discharged so far.

The number of total active cases in Karnataka stands at 2,843.

The COVID-19 count in India has reached 3,66,946 on Thursday, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry (MoHFW).

The death toll due to COVID-19 has now reached 12,237. The COVID-19 count includes 1,60,384 active cases, while 1,94,325 patients have been cured and discharged or migrated so far.

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June 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Thursday suggested that the cost of building and installing a new statue of Nada Prabhu Kempegowda in the Bengaluru airport should be borne by Kempegowda international airport (KIAL).

Shivakumar wrote to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and welcomed the decision of erecting a statute of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda at KIAL but he also suggested that the chief minister should not spend state government's money on this.

He said that the Karnataka government has done many favours to airport authority earlier.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka on Thursday recorded a biggest single-day surge of over 5,000 cases and 97 related fatalities, taking the total number of people who tested positive for the virus to 80,863, the health department said. 

The day also saw a record 2,071 patients getting discharged after recovery.

Out of 5,030 fresh cases reported, a whopping 2,207 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.

As of July 23 evening, cumulatively 80,863 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 1,616 deaths and 29,310 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said, out of 49,931 active cases, 49,291 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 640 are in ICU. Out of the 97 deaths reported on Thursday 48 are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru 8, Dakshina Kannada 7 and others.

Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounts for 2,207, followed by Raichur 258, Kalaburagi 229, Dakshina Kannada 218, and others.

Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 39,200 infections, followed by Dakshina Kannada 4,209 and Kalaburagi 3,370. 

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