Lok Sabha Question No. 3738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Accidental Deaths due to Water Logging
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: ARKA KESHARI DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3738 ANSWERED  ON  9 th AUGUST, 2018

## ACCIDENTAL  DEATHS  DUE  TO WATER  LOGGING

## 3738.   SHRI  ARKA  KESHARI  DEO:

Will the Minister of  ROAD  TRANSPORT  AND  HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  is  an  increase  in  accidental  deaths  due  to  water  logging  on  roads  during rainy season in the country in recent years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to minimize these deaths in future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L.  MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to  (d) No data is maintained by the Transport Research Wing in respect of accidental data due  to  water  logging  on  roads  during  rainy  season.  However,  the  data  relating  to  road accidents in the country and the persons killed during rainy weather  in last three years as per the  reports  received  from  the  police  departments  of  all  the  States/UTs    is  annexed  at Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)    OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3738 ANSWERED ON  09/08/2018  ASKED BY SHRI  ARKA  KESHARI  DEO .

## ACCIDENTS AND PERSONS KILLED IN RAINY SEASON DURING THE CALENDAR YEARS 2015 TO 2017

| Sl. No   | States/UTs            | 2015            | 2015           | 2016            | 2016           | 2017            | 2017           |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|          |                       | Total Accidents | Persons Killed | Total Accidents | Persons Killed | Total Accidents | Persons Killed |
| 1        | 2                     | 3               | 4              | 5               | 6              | 7               | 8              |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        | 1803            | 625            | 1456            | 433            | 1098            | 365            |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 51              | 21             | 30              | 19             | 48              | 19             |
| 3        | Assam                 | 480             | 146            | 528             | 162            | 1074            | 397            |
| 4        | Bihar                 | 1405            | 727            | 939             | 530            | 1630            | 1037           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh          | 1991            | 453            | 1279            | 307            | 2083            | 526            |
| 6        | Goa                   | 711             | 42             | 529             | 38             | 241             | 13             |
| 7        | Gujarat               | 2394            | 912            | 759             | 319            | 1414            | 562            |
| 8        | Haryana               | 892             | 413            | 1656            | 820            | 1429            | 614            |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh      | 152             | 53             | 136             | 69             | 161             | 49             |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir        | 159             | 47             | 77              | 13             | 73              | 15             |
| 11       | Jharkhand             | 868             | 473            | 859             | 454            | 899             | 531            |
| 12       | Karnataka             | 4146            | 932            | 3475            | 872            | 4289            | 977            |
| 13       | Kerala                | 6850            | 698            | 6902            | 714            | 8014            | 779            |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh        | 3891            | 649            | 3931            | 726            | 3858            | 764            |
| 15       | Maharashtra           | 1160            | 382            | 1958            | 616            | 1661            | 519            |
| 16       | Manipur               | 114             | 21             | 81              | 7              | 88              | 16             |
| 17       | Meghalaya             | 74              | 22             | 64              | 17             | 211             | 62             |
| 18       | Mizoram               | 3               | 2              | 0               | 0              | 6               | 6              |
| 19       | Nagaland              | 0               | 0              | 0               | 0              | 142             | 9              |
| 20       | Orissa                | 2019            | 786            | 1637            | 688            | 2123            | 948            |
| 21       | Punjab                | 475             | 345            | 402             | 264            | 553             | 419            |
| 22       | Rajasthan             | 206             | 73             | 475             | 196            | 254             | 113            |
| 23       | Sikkim                | 19              | 8              | 19              | 13             | 3               | 0              |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu            | 5550            | 1153           | 2893            | 583            | 5346            | 1077           |
| 25       | Telangana             | 375             | 101            | 237             | 55             | 268             | 69             |
| 26       | Tripura               | 44              | 11             | 30              | 8              | 24              | 11             |
| 27       | Uttarakhand           | 89              | 47             | 75              | 60             | 132             | 88             |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh         | 3292            | 1743           | 3168            | 1796           | 5449            | 2779           |
| 29       | West Bengal           | 2583            | 1089           | 2267            | 1178           | 397             | 186            |
| 30       | A &NIslands           | 50              | 7              | 63              | 2              | 21              | 1              |
| 31 32    | Chandigarh D &NHaveli | 0 17            | 0              | 0 15            | 0              | 4 10            | 1              |
|          |                       |                 | 6              |                 | 7              |                 | 5              |
| 33       | Daman &Diu            | 4               | 1              | 7               | 4              | 4               | 2              |
| 34       | Delhi                 | 417             | 79             | 449             | 118            | 697             | 150            |
| 35       | Lakshadweep           | 0               | 0              | 0               | 0              | 0               | 0              |
| 36       | Puducherry            | 377             | 51             | 198             | 34             | 306             | 33             |
|          | Total                 | 42661           | 12118          | 36594           | 11122          | 44010           | 13142          |