Megah Suri (megha.suri@timesgroup.com) wrote that as many as 1989 people died on Delhi roads last year, more than half were pedestrians.
But 42 pelican signals installed on accident prone stretches to help cross pedestrians cross the road safely are lying in disuse.
At foot of oberoi flyover, any one can switch off the signal as on/off switch has been provided on the pole and is open for tampering.
Traffic police installed them at the cost of Rs 4 Lac each and still pedestrians have to face the risk of accident every time they run to cross the road.
Most of the pedestrians are not even aware about the signals as board indicating signals have vanished.
Complete article in TOI Jan 22,2009 is here
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