After Cyrus Mistry's Demise, Worldwide Street Physique's Message On Security

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Cyrus Mistry (54) was killed when his automotive hit a street divider close to Mumbai.

Mumbai:

Geneva-based physique Worldwide Street Federation (IRF) on Sunday expressed concern over the dying of former Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry in a street accident close to Palghar within the state.

In an announcement, IRF, which is a world physique working for safer roads additionally expressed concern at car security, alleging that regardless of being an "costly" SUV it "failed" to avoid wasting the passenger within the car.

Mistry (54) was killed on Sunday when his luxurious automotive, wherein he was travelling, hit a street divider within the Palghar district of Maharashtra.

"We condole the premature demise of Cyrus Mistry. However we'd additionally like to attract Union and state governments' consideration in direction of the rising variety of deadly street accidents within the nation," mentioned KK Kapila, President emeritus at Worldwide Street Federation.

The Federation claimed that "India accounts for greater than 11 per cent of the street accidents deaths worldwide with 426 lives misplaced on daily basis and 18 each hour." Over 1.6 lakh lives have been misplaced within the 12 months 2021, it said, emphasising that "a lot of the street accident deaths are avoidable." India is a signatory to the United Nations Decade of Motion plan for Street Security the world over which goals to cut back street fatalities by 50 per cent by the 12 months 2030, in response to IRF.

"We urge the union authorities and the assorted state authorities's to repair killer accident susceptible black spots in numerous components of the nation," he mentioned.

"Other than street engineering, IRF additionally expresses concern at car security (as) regardless of being an costly SUV it failed to avoid wasting the passenger within the car," the assertion mentioned.

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