22
Nov
With over-speeding and rash driving contributing to a sizable chunk of road accident fatalities in Odisha, the State Transport Authority (STA) set the speed limit ceiling on the motorists and motorcyclists on the National and State Highways. While close to 1.5 lakh people lose their lives in road accidents across the country every year, Odisha contributes annually to around 5,000 road accident fatalities despite the apex court’s directives to reduce road accidents deaths by 10% every year. The latest notification issued by STA the speed limit for motorcycles at 60 kilometres per hour (kmph) on the four-lane and above divided…