AGARTALA, Jan 8 (TIWN): Despite of strict traffic rules in the State, road accidents have become a daily feed for the newspapers and media channels.

It seems that along with the poor condition of the roads in the state, the negligence of the drivers or the riders also leads to numbers of massive road accidents.

Allegation has been raised that lack of awareness among the common mass and mostly the lack of strict law or official negligence are some of the major reasons behind the increasing number of road accidents.

Though several awareness camps regarding the traffic rules are conducted in various areas of the state, yet the common mass are least bothered about traffic rues.

According to some locals, the traffic rules must be strengthened and more officials must be deployed in the major parts of the roads. As there are drivers who break the traffic rules while they cross the traffic zone of the capital as there is no strict vigilance in the roads of the interior.

On the other hand, the drivers of the heavy vehicles carry over loaded the vehicle and therefore, getting misbalanced the vehicles meets with road accident.

Teach and train people and the school children should be sensitised, they must be given proper education on road usage and when they grow up and start driving they would be good road users, stated the locals.

It has been mentioned that most of the accidents occurs due to the reckless driving on the road. And most of the time it has been seen that the drivers are drunk. Besides, sometimes they are driving in more than the instructed speed.

It is to be mentioned here that six people died on the spot and reportedly above 20 people were injured in a road accident when a bus slipped into a pond on January 6 morning at Chottakhola area under PR Bari police station at Belonia sub division.

Reportedly, the accident occurred due to allegedly overload of passengers and the tyre of the bus broke down.

Besides, allegation has been raised that roads and footpaths across the state are in a deplorable condition for prolonged days.

Most footpaths in the city have shed their topping and pedestrians have to be extra cautious while encountering the bumpy skeletal trails now. The roads are no better either since the topping that were given less than a year ago have developed into potholes, said locals.