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Glow collars for stray animals to alert drivers

| Wednesday | 5th December, 2018

However, getting hold of stray animals, specially bulls, to make them wear the collar, is not easy.” The 19th livestock census report (released in 2012-13) showed that UP is home to 10 lakh stray cattle and 41 lakh stray dogs. The number would have risen by now.Ghazamfar Jafri, who is a part of the campaign in Bahraich, said: “Glow collars are useful in winter. LUCKNOW: In a bid to check road accidents caused by stray animals , several districts in the state have started use of radium reflector collars that glow in the dark and caution drivers.While Etawah took the lead and adopted the measure in the first week of October, Siddhartnagar and Bahraich are the latest additions. When compared with the total number of deaths in the same period, it was seen that 5% of fatal road accidents in UP were caused by stray animals.Compared with the findings of PGI Chandigarh researchers, the problem of accidents caused by stray animals in UP is five times bigger than in the rest of India.Considering the population of stray animals in UP, it is not surprising.

LUCKNOW: In a bid to check road accidents caused by stray animals , several districts in the state have started use of radium reflector collars that glow in the dark and caution drivers.While Etawah took the lead and adopted the measure in the first week of October, Siddhartnagar and Bahraich are the latest additions. In Etawah, local police had spearheaded the campaign.The collars that alert drivers from a distance of 30 meters, will help check road accidents, the number of which goes up in months of winter due to lower visibility caused by fog, mist or smog.Ashutosh Soti, founder of a road safety awareness organisation, said, “Stray animals are a known cause of road accidents in India. Checking their movement on highways is crucial to prevention of accidents.”Data from the ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH) shows that UP accounts for the maximum number of fatal accidents across India every year.In 2017, UP lost 20,124 lives in 38,783 road traffic accidents. This means that every second person who met with an accident in UP died. In contrast, in Tamil Nadu, which accounts for the maximum number of road accidents in India in a year (65,562 in 2017), one in four road accidents is fatal.An assessment of data of 40 years by PGI Chandigarh noted that 1.4% of all road accidents in India were caused by stray animals.In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the ministry noted that 7,734 road accidents were caused by stray animals between 2012 and 2014 in India.Assessment of the data showed that one-fourth (or 1,865) of these accidents took place in UP. When compared with the total number of deaths in the same period, it was seen that 5% of fatal road accidents in UP were caused by stray animals.Compared with the findings of PGI Chandigarh researchers, the problem of accidents caused by stray animals in UP is five times bigger than in the rest of India.Considering the population of stray animals in UP, it is not surprising. The 19th livestock census report (released in 2012-13) showed that UP is home to 10 lakh stray cattle and 41 lakh stray dogs. The number would have risen by now.Ghazamfar Jafri, who is a part of the campaign in Bahraich, said: “Glow collars are useful in winter. They are a low-cost life-saving intervention until highest standards in road infrastructure are achieved. However, getting hold of stray animals, specially bulls, to make them wear the collar, is not easy.”

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