HIGHWAY HEROES

One person dies every 3.5 minutes in road accidents on highways in India. Of the 1.5 Lac people who die due to accidents annually, majority are the main bread-earner for their families (source: Report by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways). Drivers’ fault account for 78.5% (3,81,648 accidents) of the accidents and more than 30% of the total road accident deaths are associated with trucks annually.

With a view to improve Safety standards and awareness, Magma Fincorp Ltd is running a training cum health & safety programme for the Truck drivers with the help of Petroleum Conservation & Research Association, Govt of India. Till Sep’18 we have conducted around 910 such camps and have trained around 1.68 lakh drivers.