Improvised bitumen plastic barrels fitted with retroreflective tapes put up by Dimapur Police along the NH-29 Purana Bazaar-Chümoukedima stretch. (Photo Courtesy: @dimapurpolice/Twitter)
No fatal car accidents since Dec 16, Dimapur Police says
Morung Express News
Dimapur | December 27
The Dimapur Police has informed that there were no fatal car accidents along the newly inaugurated National Highway -29 Purana Bazaar-Chümoukedima stretch since December 16 following its ongoing special ‘enforcement drive against unsafe driving.’
The drive included putting up ‘speed breaker’ barricades with slow down signs at strategic locations on the stretch as well as checking of vehicles.
“Very Happy to inform that no fatal accident has been reported since 16th Dec 2020 till date with the ongoing special enforcement drive #againstUnsafeDriving on the highway between Purana Bazaar and Chümoukedima,” the Dimapur Police informed in a traffic update on Twitter on Christmas Day.
It also shared photos ‘improvised bitumen plastic barrels fitted with retroreflective tapes erected on certain sections of the highway between Purana Bazaar and Chumoukedima for traffic regulation’ and serve as ‘speed breakers’.
The Dimapur police started the enforcement drive along the NH-29 Purana Bazaar-Chümoukedima stretch after a string of accidents in the recent past, particularly in December.
Most recently, a cop returning home from work was killed at 2 ½ Mile-Darogapathar junction on December 14 when the motor-cycle he was riding was reportedly hit from behind by an unidentified vehicle, which fled the scene.
On December 13, two persons were killed in another road near the Bosco Vocational Training Centre, 3rd Mile, Dimapur.
