Lok Sabha Question No. 1818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Road Accident due to Potholes
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Richard Hay, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1818

ANSWERED ON  28 th  DECEMBER, 2017

## ROAD  ACCIDENT  DUE  TO  POTHOLES

1818. PROF. RICHARD  HAY:

SHRI  PARBHUBHAI  NAGARBHAI  VASAVA:  SHRI GEORGE  BAKER:

Will the Minister of  ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  deaths  due  to  road  accidents  across  the  country  during  the  last three years and the current year, State/UT wise including West Bengal, Kerala and Gujarat;
- (b)  whether the maximum number of deaths are due to potholes, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  a  list  of  the  roads  having  maximum number of potholes, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to make these roads pothole free;
- (e)  whether the Government is planning to use plastic waste to build roads across the country or the Government has received any proposal in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per  publication  'Road  Accidents  in  India  2016'  published  by  Transport Research Wing of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, the total no. of persons killed  due  to  road  accidents  during  the  last  four  calendar  years  i.e.  2013,  2014, 2015and 2016,State/UT-wise, is Annexed.
- (b) The total number of persons killed due to potholes in road accidents during the last four calendar years i.e. 2013, 2014, 2015and 2016 is given at below:

|   Years | Persons Killed in Road Accidents due to Potholes   | Persons Killed in all types of Road Accidents   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|    2013 | 2,607                                              | 1,37,572                                        |
|    2014 | 3,039                                              | 1,39,671                                        |
|    2015 | 3,416                                              | 1,46,133                                        |
|    2016 | 2,324                                              | 1,50,785                                        |

(c ) & (d) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is primarily responsible for construction and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). These are constructed as  per  Indian  Road  Congress  Standards  and  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  & Highways'  guidelines.  All  the  implementing  agencies  of  NH  work  are  regularly instructed  by  this  ministry  to  keep  the  highways  in  safe  and  traffic  worthy condition  through  inspection  and  remedial  maintenance  as  per  the  requirements within available resources.

(e)  & (f) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways encourages the use of waster plastic  in  National  Highways  construction  etc.  especially  on  National  Highways within  50  km  periphery  of  urban  areas  having  population  5  lakhs  or  more.  The guidelines for use of waster plastic have been issued to select a stretch of at least 10 km as pilot project for assessment so as to make it compulsory in the contracts. At present, no National Highways has been constructed with waste plastic and there is no target set during 2017-18.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1818  ANSWERED  ON    28/12/.2017  ASKED  BY  PROF.  RICHARD  HAY:    SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

## NUMBER  OF  PERSONS KILLED  IN  ROAD ACCIDENTS

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               | Number of Persons Killed   |   Number of Persons Killed |   Number of Persons Killed |   Number of Persons Killed |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               | 2013                       |                       2014 |                       2015 |                       2016 |
| 1         | 2                        | 3                          |                          4 |                          5 |                          6 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 14171                      |                       7908 |                       8297 |                       8541 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 143                        |                        119 |                        127 |                        149 |
| 3         | Assam                    | 2441                       |                       2522 |                       2397 |                       2572 |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 5061                       |                       4913 |                       5421 |                       4901 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 3477                       |                       4022 |                       4082 |                       3908 |
| 6         | Goa                      | 266                        |                        290 |                        311 |                        336 |
| 7         | Gujarat                  | 7613                       |                       7955 |                       8119 |                       8136 |
| 8         | Haryana                  | 4517                       |                       4483 |                       4879 |                       5024 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         | 1054                       |                       1199 |                       1096 |                       1271 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 990                        |                        992 |                        917 |                        958 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                | 2706                       |                       2628 |                       2893 |                       3027 |
| 12        | Karnataka                | 10046                      |                      10452 |                      10856 |                      11133 |
| 13        | Kerala                   | 4258                       |                       4049 |                       4196 |                       4287 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           | 8588                       |                       8569 |                       9314 |                       9646 |
| 15        | Maharashtra              | 13029                      |                      12803 |                      13212 |                      12935 |
| 16        | Manipur                  | 165                        |                        168 |                        139 |                         81 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                | 130                        |                        141 |                        183 |                        150 |
| 18        | Mizoram                  | 97                         |                        103 |                         72 |                         70 |
| 19        | Nagaland                 | 30                         |                         81 |                         30 |                         46 |
| 20        | Odisha                   | 4062                       |                       3931 |                       4303 |                       4463 |
| 21        | Punjab                   | 4588                       |                       4621 |                       4893 |                       5077 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                | 9724                       |                      10289 |                      10510 |                      10465 |
| 23        | Sikkim                   | 68                         |                         59 |                         70 |                         85 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               | 15563                      |                      15190 |                      15642 |                      17218 |
| 25        | Telangana                | NA                         |                       6906 |                       7110 |                       7219 |
| 26        | Tripura                  | 226                        |                        188 |                        158 |                        173 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand              | 766                        |                        878 |                        913 |                        962 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh            | 16004                      |                      16287 |                      17666 |                      19320 |
| 29        | West Bengal              | 5504                       |                       5875 |                       6234 |                       6544 |
| 30        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 40                         |                         23 |                         23 |                         17 |
| 31        | Chandigarh               | 117                        |                        131 |                        129 |                        151 |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 49                         |                         59 |                         42 |                         46 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu               | 31                         |                         15 |                         42 |                         38 |
| 34        | Delhi                    | 1820                       |                       1671 |                       1622 |                       1591 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              | 0                          |                          0 |                          0 |                          1 |
| 36        | Puducherry               | 228                        |                        151 |                        235 |                        244 |
| Total     | Total                    | 137572                     |                     139671 |                     146133 |                     150785 |

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