The Minister was interacting with the media after a meeting with the transport department officers, which he said was organized to understand and discuss a newly launched scheme by the Government of India for accident victims.

“The new scheme states that in an accident case, if the injured person is taken to a hospital and saved within the golden hours by taking the person to the nearest hospital, which means 1 hour, then there will be a compensation of Rs. 1.5 lakhs, but there is a process for it,” said Chowdhury. “We have primarily completed the initial meeting about it.”

“We have observed in a survey that there is 13% decline in the road accidents, which shows the role of police, the role of the traffic department, and local people as well, the minister said.

“It was a time when people did not help an accident victim due to legal complication fears, but later, due to the interference of the Supreme Court and new laws, the fear reduced.”