<p>Though COVID-19 lockdown has been trouble for all people across the district, there is a silver lining in the dark cloud. Indirectly, it has come as a boon and saved the lives of people who were fated to die in road accidents. </p>.<p>Remarkably and truly, the lockdown has come as a blessing in disguise for motorists because most of them stayed home in the morbid fear of contracting a Coronavirus infection.</p>.<p>It is estimated that nearly 200 accidents were being reported in a month in Tumakuru district. Among them, nearly 50 road accident deaths were being reported in the district each month. Hundreds were getting injured.</p>.<p><strong>Falling numbers</strong></p>.<p>In April, 15 accidental deaths and 31 non-fatal accidents were reported. Before the lockdown, the same numbers were four times higher. In March 53 accidental deaths and 136 non-fatal accidents were reported. </p>.<p>But since the lockdown was announced, all kinds of two-wheelers, autos, goods carriers, cars, vans, buses, lorries stayed off-roads. Automatically, the number of accidents and accidental deaths plummeted sharply in the district. Because Tumakuru is a fledgling metropolis with industrial suburbs, the daily addition of new vehicles is increasing and so is the traffic density.</p>.<p>The fact that it is close to Bengaluru and a national highway passes through it is also a cause for the high accidental death rate. Many people shuttle between Tumakuru and Bengaluru using the highway for daily work.</p>
<p>Though COVID-19 lockdown has been trouble for all people across the district, there is a silver lining in the dark cloud. Indirectly, it has come as a boon and saved the lives of people who were fated to die in road accidents. </p>.<p>Remarkably and truly, the lockdown has come as a blessing in disguise for motorists because most of them stayed home in the morbid fear of contracting a Coronavirus infection.</p>.<p>It is estimated that nearly 200 accidents were being reported in a month in Tumakuru district. Among them, nearly 50 road accident deaths were being reported in the district each month. Hundreds were getting injured.</p>.<p><strong>Falling numbers</strong></p>.<p>In April, 15 accidental deaths and 31 non-fatal accidents were reported. Before the lockdown, the same numbers were four times higher. In March 53 accidental deaths and 136 non-fatal accidents were reported. </p>.<p>But since the lockdown was announced, all kinds of two-wheelers, autos, goods carriers, cars, vans, buses, lorries stayed off-roads. Automatically, the number of accidents and accidental deaths plummeted sharply in the district. Because Tumakuru is a fledgling metropolis with industrial suburbs, the daily addition of new vehicles is increasing and so is the traffic density.</p>.<p>The fact that it is close to Bengaluru and a national highway passes through it is also a cause for the high accidental death rate. Many people shuttle between Tumakuru and Bengaluru using the highway for daily work.</p>