A damning report from Bihar’s upper house reveals over 50,000 road accident deaths in seven years, alongside massive injuries, signaling a public health crisis on wheels. Monday’s session dissected the issue threadbare.
MLC Maheshwar Singh’s inquiry into Motihari’s 393 losses in 2025 prompted Minister Dilip Jaiswal’s data dump: NCRB logs 50,941 deaths and 44,000 injuries since 2019, disproportionately hitting 18-35-year-olds at 50%.
Echoing concerns, Jaiswal mapped 1,044 black spots, vowing departmental overhauls, consciousness campaigns, signage proliferation, and zebra crossing expansions.
Atal Path drew fierce criticism as Congress MLC Samir Kumar Singh evoked nightly crash echoes, slamming speed governance. The minister riposted with evidence of foot overbridge neglect—mere 5-10 users daily—and touted existing safeguards like service roads and warnings, all per norms.
This exposes a stark reality: prime infrastructure undermined by apathy. Bihar’s path forward demands rigorous policing, tech integration, and cultural shifts to halt the hemorrhage of young lives on its highways.