AGARTALA, March 27 (TIWN): Amidst multiple road safety workshops state Tripura is suffering from everyday accidents due to lack of traffic management and pathetic shape of roads.

Transport Minister Manik Dey on Monday while addressing a programme organized by Transport Dept. he stressed upon slow driving and safe journey.

Road accident killed 25 people in Dec-January month in Tripura. Everyday 2 critical accidents reported in police stations, yet DGP claims ‘radical down of accident rates’  . Amidst road safety week’s celebration in January month atleast 25 people were killed in Tripura in last Dec to January months.

In December 2016 the number of accidents were 40 and 12 people died out of this, whereas 41 people were critically injured. In 2017, Januray month out of 42 accident cases 13 people died whereas more 44 left injured seriously. Apart from that in 2015 only 158 people killed in road accident, whereas in 2014 188 people died. The number of accidents in 2014 was 716 and in number of accidents in 2015 was 647. That means everyday there are 2 accidents held in Tripura.