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Protest against rise in accidents in Noida

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Members of the Union for Information Technology Enabled Services Professionals (UNITES) organised a condolence meeting-cum-protest at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday to draw the attention of the authorities to the increasing number of accidents on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. An accident in the early hours of June 13, resulted in the death of Helene, a call centre employee.

"The Noida-Greater Noida Expressway has claimed 35 lives and left 53 people seriously injured from the time it was opened to the public over three years ago. The accident that caused the death of Ms. Helene clearly shows the negligence of the Noida traffic police and the expressway authorities. The call centre cab that Ms. Helene was in, collided with a dumper-truck that was coming in the wrong direction. The lack of proper signage and the inadequate patrolling by the expressway authorities during the night hours caused this ghastly accident,'' said L. Balasubramani, a representative of Union Network International that support UNITES.

"The police had to be called to the hospital to get a case registered after the accident,'' said Ms. Helene's uncle Anthony Fernandes.

"Though the call centre has helped the family by offering compensation, one cannot replace the loss of a human life,'' he added.

UNITES has demanded the police and expressway authorities to take concrete steps to prevent recurrence of such accidents.

"We will be meeting the Noida Expressway authorities and presenting our case to them. If the meeting does not have a positive outcome, we will stage a nationwide protest,'' said UNITES general secretary Shashank Emmanuel.

UNITES members along with Ms. Helene's family members lit candles and held a prayer ceremony in her memory.

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