Driver dies after losing control of e-car, injures 3
NOIDA: A 58-year-old man was killed and three others injured when an electric vehicle hit a boundary wall of a house in Noida Sector 26 on Friday.
The incident took place at around 11.30pm when the driver tried to negotiate a turn, but lost control of the vehicle.
Driver Sanjay Gupta, a resident of NRI Residency in sector 45, died in the accident. With him were three of his relatives who were injured in the incident.
Govind Sharma, residents’ welfare association president, Noida Sector 26, said the victims were returning after celebrating Gupta’s wedding anniversary at a club on Friday night.
Sanjeev Duggal, security convener, Sector 26, said, “Gupta was behind the wheel and three of his relatives — two women and a man — were inside the car during the accident.”
“When Gupta tried to negotiate a turn, the car accelerated and hit the boundary wall of a house on Block A. A car parked inside the house was also damaged. Gupta reversed the car and it hit a neem tree and the vehicle broke down,” he said.
According to the house owner, “After hearing a loud noise, the security of the society reached the spot and informed the police. They removed the damaged car which had blocked the entry gate.”
Another group of Gupta’s
family, who were in another car, tried to rescue the occupants.
Nithari police check post in-charge Hari Singh said Gupta was admitted to a private hospital where he was declared brought dead.
“The three injured persons were identified as Manisha, Ridhi and Nihit Gupta. They are undergoing treatment,” he said.
Sector 20 police station Station House Officer RK Singh said Gupta’s body was sent for post-mortem and an investigation is underway.
Trauma centres along e-ways: Govt LUCKNOW:
The state’s expressways will soon have trauma centres in order to ensure immediate medical assistance in road accident cases, said additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi here on Saturday. The project would be a boon in bringing down the road fatality graph, he added.
The proposal for the same was being prepared, the senior bureaucrat said.
NOIDA: Despite better wind speed, Ghaziabad and Greater Noida turned out to be the most polluted cities of the country on Saturday, suffering ‘very poor’ category air quality for the 13th day in a row.
Meanwhile, the air quality for Noida improved to the ‘poor’ category after 12 days. According to pollution monitoring agencies, the air quality may improve over the next few days.
Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, apart from adjoining Bulandshahr were the only three cities in the country which had ‘very poor’ category air quality.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) data, in February this year Noida has seen 15 days of ‘very poor’ air quality so far, one day of ‘severe’ air quality. Last year in February, Noida saw only six days of ‘very poor’ and no ‘severe’ category days.
So far this month, Noida has seen only two days of ‘poor’ air, two days of ‘moderate’ air, while aur quality levels have been largely oscillating between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’.
Weather analysts stated that wind speeds were slightly higher on Saturday as compared to Friday, with an increased window of time for faster winds to flow.
“The average winds speed for the region was slightly better Saturday as compared to a day earlier, at more than 15 kmph. Also, unlike Friday when the winds started catching pace only during the afternoon hours, the winds on Saturday started pacing since the morning hours. Due to this, the particle pollutants got more time to disperse, allowing for good ventilation. The wind speed will remain slightly better for the next few days as well,’” said Mahesh Palawat, vice-president, meteorology and climate
change, Skymet.
According to the CPCB, the air quality index (AQI) of Noida on Saturday, on a scale of 0 to 500, improved to 269 against 324 a day earlier. Last time Noida saw ‘poor’ air quality was on February 7.
The AQI of Greater Noida deteriorated to 324 against 304 a day earlier – the second highest in the country. The air quality of Ghaziabad was 336 – most polluted in the country – against 352 a day earlier.
The AQI between 101 and 200 is considered ‘moderate’, between 201 and 300 is ‘poor’, between 301 and 400 is considered ‘very-poor’ and above 400 is considered ‘severe’.
According to the System of air quality and weather forecasting and research (SAFAR), the air quality in the region is likely to improve over the next few days.
“Surface winds are low and forecasted to improve significantly for the next three days.
Improvement in ventilation and AQI is expecting for the next three days. AQI is likely to improve to the ‘poor’ category by Sunday and is likely stay in the ‘poor’ till February 23,” said the SAFAR statement on Saturday.