3 killed 2 minors among 16 injured in Rajouri Road accident .Mother daughter including Minor children and women were also involved in the accident.

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Three injured were referred from District Hospital Rajouri to GMC Jammu.

Though overloading in passanger vehicles become a routine practice in Budhal Kotranka Roads

SAYED ZAHID 

RAJOURI NOVEMBER 06:- A tragic road accident took place today  in which at least 18 passengers were seriously injured in a tempo which was going from Kotranka  to Rajouri, a few kilometers away from Rajouri in Palma area. According to the details, there were about 18 and 19 passengers in the tempo and the driver lost control due to high speed and fell into a deep ditch of about 300 feet, resulting in the death of three passengers.

While around 16 passengers, including minor children, will be seriously injured, mother and daughter are also among the injured ,Superintendent of GMC Rajouri told while three injured have been referred from GMC Rajouri to GMC Jammu for further treatment after initial medical treatment.

In the same accident, an injured passenger while talking to the media representatives in GMC Rajouri said that another tempo driver got ahead of the tempo driver in Kenchi Mor area, so after that the driver accelerated the speed of the tempo vehicle. The passengers sitting in the tempo asked the driver to reduce the speed somewhere outside, but the driver drove the vehicle at a high speed, while in Palma area, the driver lost control of the tempo and a major road accident took place.

The identified of the deceased Abdul Rashid S/o Chandia R/o Hubbi Kandi Age 34 years.Brought Dead Mohd Shabir S/o Nazir Hussain R/o Badhal Age 40 yrs. Dead Mohd Azam S/o Ghulam Din R/o Draaj Budhal Age 32 yrs.died and  injured identified as
Jagdev Singh S/o Lal Chand R/o Badhaal
Kirna Sevi W/o Jagdev Singh R/o Badhaal
Jajant Singh S/o Jagdev Singh R/o Badhaal Age 2 years Naseem Akhter W/o Abdul Rashid R/o Hubbi Age 30 Saika Koser D/o Abdul Rashid R/o Hubbi 4years
Showket Ali S/o Nazir Hussain R/o Kandi Age 35.Mohd Kafeel S/o Ghulam Rasool R/o Dhaarskri age 15 years Imtiaz Ahmed S/o Ghulam Mohd R/O Mohra Daraj Mahsooma Begum W/o Abdul Aziz R/o Jaglaano Age 65 yrs Mohd Altaf S/o Abdul Aziz R/o Jaglano Age 34 yrs Mohd Younis S/o Ali Mohd R/o Dhar Sakri Age 55 yrs.Vinod kumar S/o Parshotam Kumar R/O Khawas Age 29 yrs
Hamida Begum W/o Abdul Aziz R/o Bakori Age 55 yrs Abdul Aziz S/o Hassan Mohd R/o Bakori Age 62 yrs Imtiaz Ahmed S/o Yaseen R/o Hubbi budhal Age 24 yrs.Wajid Ali S/O Abdul Rashid R/O Hubbi.Rajeev Singh S/O Daleep Singh R/O Sakri Age 38 yrs.

Meanwhile police took the cognizance of this incident.Though overloading in passanger vehicles become a routine practice in Budhal kotranka from Rajouri roads but not the traffic department usually penalising drivers for violating the traffic guidelines is the issue of greater public concern . Cancellation of the registration of a passanger vehicles for committing the offence of overloading by Deputy Commissioner Rajouri is should take action stringent action taken against any over loading in his vehicle.

Passenger vehicles for over loading in passenger buses tempo mini- buses canter automagic is an offence now as passenger buses can be seen moving with dozens of passengers sitting of the vehicle roof in Rajouri district .

Though very rarely the drivers of passenger buses in Rajouri are seen committing the offence of overloading but in Rajouri district the fast growing menace of overloading is heading to any dead end.

Interestingly the overloading in passenger buses tempo mini buses is the cause of majority of the road accidents on roads connecting Rajouri Poonch and Jammu province with rural areas.

Day in and day out reports of road accident deaths mark the front page headlines of newspapers but government restricts its concerns to few condolence messages from the top helmsmen and exgratia cash relief of few thousands for the dead.