<p>India loses more people in road accidents than in war, Union Minister General (retd) V K Singh said on Friday.</p>.<p>Addressing an event organised by industry body Assocham, Singh said road safety is the most important issue that the government needs to tackle.</p>.<p>"More than 1.35 lakh people lose their lives due to road accidents every year...this number of people whom we lose every year (due to road accidents), is worse than fighting a war," the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways said.</p>.<p>The minister lamented that unfortunately, road safety is considered something that comes once a year.</p>.<p>"We have road safety week. We upgraded it to road safety month," he said, adding his view that it should be a 365-day affair.</p>.<p>"It's not confined to one week, it is not confined to a month because there is so much at stake," Singh emphasised.</p>.<p>According to recent government data, total 3,66,138 road accidents occurred in India in 2020, causing 1,31,714 deaths.</p>
<p>India loses more people in road accidents than in war, Union Minister General (retd) V K Singh said on Friday.</p>.<p>Addressing an event organised by industry body Assocham, Singh said road safety is the most important issue that the government needs to tackle.</p>.<p>"More than 1.35 lakh people lose their lives due to road accidents every year...this number of people whom we lose every year (due to road accidents), is worse than fighting a war," the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways said.</p>.<p>The minister lamented that unfortunately, road safety is considered something that comes once a year.</p>.<p>"We have road safety week. We upgraded it to road safety month," he said, adding his view that it should be a 365-day affair.</p>.<p>"It's not confined to one week, it is not confined to a month because there is so much at stake," Singh emphasised.</p>.<p>According to recent government data, total 3,66,138 road accidents occurred in India in 2020, causing 1,31,714 deaths.</p>