e state of India’s roads is such that, over 139,671 people lost their lives due to accidents during 2014 alone. That is more than the total number of people killed in all the wars the country has fought till date. According to data widely available in the public domain, there is one death every four minutes due to road accidents in India. That is 382 deaths every day.
The numbers at any given rate are staggering and given that there is little done to prevent this menace, it is also treacherous.
So, what do we do to make our roads safe? This mother-daughter duo from Gujarat seems to have figured out a way.
Saumya Pandya Thakkar and Shakuntala Pandya from Ahmedabad have designed a 3D zebra crossing that they hope will reduce road-related accidents and allow pedestrians to safely cross the road.