Five killed, 22 injured in road tragedy

Gamini Wednesday, 30 December 2015 08:46 AM

The year 2015 has ended and yet another year will dawn in a few more days. It seems that there is a matter of much importance to which people of the country have not paid attention. The news people have not focused much attention to is that the number of fatal accidents that took place during the year 2015 alone is 2360 and the death toll as result of those accidents is 2538. 760 persons have died from motorbike accidents and 728 of the persons died were pedestrians.According to the reports of the National Council for Road Safety, the rising road accidents claim at least 6 – 7 persons a day and the number of the injured is increasing day by day. We are of the opinion that the main cause for these serious matters is the undisciplined role played by both road hogs and pedestrians. Here it should be emphasized the fact that this may occur abundantly in any part of the country. We believe that as long as the road rules are not followed or as long as people are undisciplined, it is diffic

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YAMA PALA Wednesday, 30 December 2015 10:03 AM

Yahapalana police collecting money from moterist, tax payers die on roads due to yama rule

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