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Around 100 surgeries could be done free of cost in Trichy zone,” said the head of the department of orthopaedics at MGMGH Dr P Mathivanan.The association also pointed out the claim amount disbursed by the insurance companies to the RTA victims. Mentioning the SC judgement, the association said that the insurance companies had spent around Rs 11,480 crore as compensation for deaths, injuries, third-party damage and other damage due to RTAs.The doctors also stressed for the enforcement of safety rules and strict punishment for violators of traffic rules to prevent fatalities. The number of deaths is increasing every year due to the non-compliance with the traffic rules by the motorists,” Dr Terrance told the reporters in Trichy on Tuesday.The association has also decided to follow a theme – One member – one or more free surgery for a week from August 1 to 7 this year as a part of the awareness program about the havoc caused to the people due to RTAs.“We have planned to perform free surgeries to the poor patients for one week. Trichy: Expressing concern over the fatalities in the road traffic accidents (RTA) due to the violation of traffic rules, Trichy chapter of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association (TAP) has planned to organize a marathon on August 5.Named as ‘Run Trichy for road safety and bone’, the five kilometre marathon will be held between Thennur uzhavar sandhai and Anna stadium in three categories – masters (for participants above 40 years), the second category between 16 years and 40 years and the third, below 16 years.Quoting a supreme court judgement pronounced on a case filed by past national president of Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association, Dr Rajasekaran, central zone- II executive committee member Dr Terrance Jose Jerome said that 1 lakh deaths occur on Indian roads every year due to the RTAs.“A few years ago, one person died every three minutes due to accidents in India..