Indecent Standards of Roads in Balochistan
Indecent Standards of Roads in Balochistan
According to the media reports, about 6000 people lose their lives due to traffic accidents on the Quetta-Karachi highway every year. Mental and physical injuries are uncountable. The fact that there has not been any initiative taken from concerned authorities even after these staggering numbers of accidents is very alarming.
Statistics show that deaths from road accidents are far more than those from terrorism. Furthermore, road safety is one of the basic responsibilities of government to every citizen.
The main reason behind the high numbers of deaths in the dilapidated conditions of the roads, the province lacks solid traffic authorities, emergency facilities for the injured, no speed-related boards, and most importantly, poorly built roads and one-sided highways.
It is a humble request to the Government of Balochistan and concerned authorities to look at to numbers of precious lives lost every day due to accidents caused by dilapidated and poorly built roads and take required actions regarding road safety.