BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Thursday asked the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to parents of a deceased Plus III student Annapurna Choudhury, who was run over by a truck on September 5, 2019 in front of Ravenshaw University campus in Cuttack. The Commission also asked the state government to ensure better management of traffic.
This matter was initiated on receipt of a complaint filed by Sivasankar Mohanty, a lawyer from Orissa High Court Bar Association, in 2019, drawing the Commission’s attention to the tragic death of a young Plus III girl student at College Square in Cuttack due to road accident by a speeding truck.
Taking note of the prevailing situation of traffic hazards and road accidents in twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, the Commission extended the purview of the complaint suo motu to examine the traffic management system in general in consultation with DCP, traffic, Police Commissionerate (Bhubaneswar-Cuttack) and regional transport officers (RTOs) of the twin city.