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00:00Look, from January 1st to January 31st, we have been celebrating Road Safety Month.
00:06We used to celebrate it during the week, but now we have started celebrating it during the month.
00:09The reason for this is that there are a lot of lives that are being lost in road accidents.
00:14In India, there are about 5-5.5 lakh accidents.
00:17And around 2.25 lakh people die on the roads.
00:22The biggest loss that is being incurred to this country is the human resource that we are losing.
00:27The youth who have contributed for the country for the past 15-45 years,
00:33their lives are being lost on the roads.
00:37Our roads have become bloody.
00:39Even our Transport Minister Gatki had to say,
00:42forgive me, I could not succeed in road safety.
00:46And the rule of law that was established on the roads did not succeed.
00:50Because the state subject of the Motor Vehicle Act,
00:53the most important thing for this is enforcement.
00:55And the more the enforcement is not proper, the more road accidents happen.
01:00The high speed on the roads is fatal.
01:0365% road accidents happen because of high speed on the roads.
01:07People do drunken driving.
01:09They don't wear seat belts.
01:10They don't wear helmets.
01:11They come from the wrong side.
01:15They park on the highway.
01:17They don't know the lanes.
01:19They don't know which lane the heavy vehicle is in.
01:22They drive drunk.
01:25They don't take rest.
01:27The most important thing is that our RTAs and Motor Vehicle Inspectors are failing.
01:32Because the fitness testing in our country,
01:37the cars are running in Kolkata,
01:40they are not paying attention to the fitness.
01:42I have seen fake fitness centers open in many places.
01:45And the Motor Vehicle Inspectors,
01:47I am not talking about Punjab,
01:49they have become a hub of corruption in India.
01:51If you want to get a driving license,
01:53whether you know it or not,
01:54you can get it at your home.
01:56Because you need money.
01:57If we start comparing money with life,
02:01then money is more important than people.
02:04The concessioners who build roads,
02:06the quality of the roads is so bad,
02:08that it doesn't even rain once.
02:09The road breaks down.
02:10If there are holes in the roads,
02:12naturally the driver who is driving the car,
02:15will not be able to drive.
02:16If there are holes in the roads,
02:18the car will become unbalanced,
02:20and the road will be ruined.
02:22And the life of the car will be ruined.
02:25I have seen this in many places.
02:27In the case of school transportation,
02:29I had made a safe school transportation policy in Punjab.
02:34I had given notice to many schools.
02:37The same policy was adopted by CBSE.
02:41They don't follow it.
02:43If the driver has 5 years of experience,
02:45they follow it.
02:47They are just trying to save money.
02:49In Nirbhaya, Karn, Delhi,
02:51all the public service vehicles,
02:53buses, taxis,
02:54they have GPS systems,
02:56vehicle location tracking devices.
02:59There is a panic button in school buses.
03:01If someone,
03:02a mother, a sister,
03:04an elderly person,
03:05or a child,
03:06has a problem,
03:07they press the panic button.
03:08They immediately get help from the police.
03:10So that they don't get hurt in any event.
03:14So that there is no road accident.
03:16In the same way,
03:17when a speed governor was appointed,
03:19they were told to appoint a speed governor
03:21so that their speed can be controlled.
03:23But because the Motor Vehicle Act is a state subject,
03:25the government didn't take it seriously.
03:27I would also like to tell the government
03:29that every year,
03:302-3% of your GDP is affected.
03:33If we talk about Punjab,
03:35Punjab has a financial loss of Rs. 8-10,000 crores.
03:405000 people die on the roads.
03:42But there is also a financial loss of Rs. 10,000 crores.
03:45So how much do they lose?
03:47They lose money.
03:48They become handicapped.
03:49So they become a burden on the state.
03:52If we have to carry such a burden,
03:54we should not make the state safe on the roads.
03:57You see,
03:58Ludhiana, Amritsar, Lehli,
04:00this is the second-highest fatality rate in India.
04:03Punjab is the first-highest in the province.
04:06If the roads are damaged,
04:0876 people die.
04:10This is such a big loss.
04:12For any state,
04:13this should be the biggest loss.
04:15I think.
04:16And the states will have to take this seriously.
04:18Enforcement agencies will have to take action
04:21without corruption.
04:23Two fears,
04:24fear of being caught,
04:26and fear of being punished,
04:28have to be instilled in people.
04:30It has been seen that
04:31people's behavior is based on fear.
04:34If there is fear,
04:35the law will not be broken.
04:36I have seen that
04:37when people go to Chandigarh,
04:38they wear seatbelts,
04:39wear helmets,
04:40and the speed of the car decreases.
04:42They also avoid drunken driving.
04:44But in Punjab,
04:45cars are parked outside the houses.
04:48No matter how fast the car is,
04:50no one cares.
04:51No one cares about the helmet.
04:53You can go wherever you want.
04:55You can jump in the red light.
04:57Even if the car is unfit,
04:58no one cares.
04:59If we ignore these things,
05:01then we will die on the streets.
05:03The biggest thing is that
05:05when people use their votes,
05:07instead of getting 2 rupees a kilo of rice
05:09or 10 rupees a kilo of lentils,
05:11they demand their lives.
05:13They demand better roads.
05:15They demand better vehicles.
05:17They demand fitness.
05:19So that people's lives
05:21do not get ruined on the streets.
05:23In the newspapers,
05:24every day,
05:25we see that
05:27we don't see blood.
05:29We see things that are safe.
05:35I have never seen a road safety force.
05:37I have lived all over Punjab.
05:39One day,
05:40I came from Bathinda to Ludhiana.
05:42It took me 7 hours.
05:43There was a huge fog.
05:44There was no road marking.
05:45There was no cat.
05:46There was no cat.
05:47There was no blinker.
05:48In many places,
05:49cars were parked.
05:50No one was checking the cars.
05:52No one was checking the people.
05:55No ambulance was seen.
05:57No road safety force was seen.
05:59240 vehicles were said to have come.
06:01But out of 240,
06:02only one was seen.
06:03I haven't seen it yet.
06:04I don't know where it is floating in the air.
06:06Either it was a vision
06:07or the satellite took it.
06:08If it is seen,
06:09then only we will know
06:10whether the road safety force is there or not.
06:12In the newspapers,
06:13they advertise
06:14or put big billboards.
06:15With that,
06:16there will be no road safety.
06:17You will know
06:18how many people
06:19have died in Punjab
06:20with those numbers.
06:21I think
06:22that if we don't become serious,
06:24then people's lives,
06:25whether they are youngsters,
06:26or players,
06:27or judges,
06:28or politicians,
06:29or doctors,
06:30all road safety,
06:31road accidents,
06:32they don't look at
06:33anyone's caste,
06:34religion,
06:35or social status.
06:36They look at
06:37how to survive.
06:38If there is a road accident
06:39or murder
06:40of a president,
06:41in Punjab,
06:42a cabinet minister
06:43can be there,
06:44a judge can be there,
06:45a player like Yugraj
06:46can be there.
06:47All people can be there.
06:48That's why
06:49there is no road safety.
06:51That's why
06:52there is no retake.
06:53In any film,
06:54there can be a retake.
06:55Do a retake again.
06:56If there is a road accident,
06:57within seconds,
06:58you go to work
06:59and your body
07:00comes back
07:01in the coffin.
07:02My request
07:03to the Punjab government
07:04is that
07:05don't let the coffins
07:06run on the roads.
07:07Don't let moving coffins
07:08run on the roads.
07:09Let the cars
07:10run
07:11that are fit.
07:12And those that are
07:13unfit,
07:14scrap them
07:15and make them
07:16out of the system
07:17so that
07:18people
07:19can be safe
07:20on the roads.
07:21How many people
07:22died?
07:23How many died?
07:2462 trucks
07:25collided.
07:26And people
07:27are told
07:28not to drive
07:29the bus.
07:30Drive the indicator
07:31of the cars.
07:32Keep the fog light
07:33on.
07:34Sir,
07:35how many cars
07:36run in a day?
07:37How many cars
07:38run in a day?
07:39In terms of speed?
07:40In terms of speed,
07:4125 to 30 cars
07:42run in a day.
07:43Three cars
07:44run in a day.
07:45How many cars
07:46run in a day?
07:47How many cars
07:48run in a day?
07:49In terms of people?
07:50What would you say?
07:51Rs. 1000 is fine.
07:52The license is suspended
07:53for 3 months
07:54from the DTO.
07:55We recommend
07:56that the license
07:57be suspended
07:58for 3 months.
07:59Do they
08:00do this repeatedly?
08:01No,
08:02the first time
08:03the license is suspended
08:04is fine.
08:05The next time
08:06it's doubled.
08:07The new law
08:08was passed
08:09in July.
08:10And the license
08:11is suspended
08:12for 3 months
08:13and they
08:14can't
08:15drive.
08:16and it cancels for the rest of your life and you don't get a license again.
08:20What is your appeal to the people?
08:22I appeal to the people not to drive fast.
08:26It's a matter of life and death.
08:29It's written everywhere.
08:31Drive 10 minutes earlier if you have to go somewhere.
08:35Don't drive fast.
08:37That's my appeal.