Lok Sabha Question No. 636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-13
Subject: Road Accident due to Potholes
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY, DINESH TRIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 636

ANSWERED  ON  13 th  December, 2018

## ROAD ACCIDENT DUE TO POTHOLES

636.   SHRI  JITENDRA  CHAUDHURY:

SHRI  DINESH  TRIVEDI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding the accidents and deaths caused due to potholes on roads, along with the State-wise data for last two years; and
- (b) whether the Government has facilitated a central platform where the public can report the potholes, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per information received from police department of all States/UTs  the total  number  of  persons  killed  due  to  potholes  in  road  accidents  during  the  last two  calendar  years  i.e. 2016 and 2017  is given at below:-

|   Years |   Total Accidents due to potholes in road accidents |   Total Persons Killed due to potholes in road accidents |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|    2016 |                                                6424 |                                                     2324 |
|    2017 |                                                9423 |                                                     3597 |

The total number of persons killed in road accidents due to potholes during the last two calendar years  i.e.  2016 and 2017, State/UT-wise, is Annexed-1 & II.

- (b) NHAI   has  made  operational  a  mobile  based    application  'Sukhad  Yatra' through which public  can  report  potholes.

ANNEXURE    REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  636 ANSWERED ON  13/12/.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI    JITENDRA    CHAUDHURY:    and      SHRI    DINESH    TRIVEDI: PERSONS KILLED DUE TO POTHOLES IN ROAD ACCIDENTS DURING THE LAST  TWO CALENDAR YEARS I.E. 2016 AND 2017.

## Accidents  and persons killed  due to potholes during the calendar year 2016

| S. No   | States/UTs               |   Number of Accidents |   Persons Killed |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           |                   280 |              131 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh        |                     0 |                0 |
| 3       | Assam                    |                    43 |                8 |
| 4       | Bihar                    |                   200 |              119 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh             |                    28 |                6 |
| 6       | Goa                      |                     1 |                0 |
| 7       | Gujarat                  |                   306 |              120 |
| 8       | Haryana                  |                     0 |                0 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         |                     0 |                0 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir           |                     8 |                0 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                |                   200 |              127 |
| 12      | Karnataka                |                   185 |               37 |
| 13      | Kerala                   |                   536 |               54 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh           |                   609 |               81 |
| 15      | Maharashtra              |                  1064 |              329 |
| 16      | Manipur                  |                    20 |                2 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                |                     0 |                0 |
| 18      | Mizoram                  |                     1 |                1 |
| 19      | Nagaland                 |                     0 |                0 |
| 20      | Orissa                   |                   226 |              208 |
| 21      | Punjab                   |                    22 |               11 |
| 22      | Rajasthan                |                   282 |              106 |
| 23      | Sikkim                   |                     0 |                0 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu               |                   621 |              130 |
| 25      | Telangana                |                     4 |                3 |
| 26      | Tripura                  |                     0 |                0 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand              |                    28 |               13 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh            |                  1436 |              714 |
| 29      | West Bengal              |                   319 |              122 |
| 30      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                     5 |                0 |
| 31      | Chandigarh               |                     0 |                0 |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                     0 |                2 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu               |                     0 |                0 |
| 34      | Delhi                    |                     0 |                0 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep              |                     0 |                0 |
| 36      | Puducherry               |                     0 |                0 |
| Total   | Total                    |                  6424 |             2324 |

ANNEXURE    REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  636 ANSWERED ON  13/12/.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI    JITENDRA    CHAUDHURY:    and      SHRI    DINESH    TRIVEDI: PERSONS KILLED DUE TO POTHOLES IN ROAD ACCIDENTS DURING THE LAST  TWO CALENDAR YEARS I.E. 2016 AND 2017.

## Accidents and persons killed  due to potholes during the calendar year 2017

| S. No   | States/UTs               |   Number of Accidents |   Persons Killed |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           |                   288 |              108 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh        |                    12 |                7 |
| 3       | Assam                    |                   196 |               53 |
| 4       | Bihar                    |                   208 |              116 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh             |                    76 |               31 |
| 6       | Goa                      |                     0 |                0 |
| 7       | Gujarat                  |                   552 |              228 |
| 8       | Haryana                  |                   465 |              522 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         |                    19 |               10 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir           |                     0 |                0 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                |                   118 |               64 |
| 12      | Karnataka                |                   178 |               47 |
| 13      | Kerala                   |                   522 |               52 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh           |                  1012 |              141 |
| 15      | Maharashtra              |                  2370 |              726 |
| 16      | Manipur                  |                     3 |                0 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                |                    12 |                5 |
| 18      | Mizoram                  |                     0 |                0 |
| 19      | Nagaland                 |                    61 |                3 |
| 20      | Orissa                   |                   150 |               73 |
| 21      | Punjab                   |                   334 |              162 |
| 22      | Rajasthan                |                    93 |               37 |
| 23      | Sikkim                   |                     0 |                0 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu               |                   627 |              173 |
| 25      | Telangana                |                    33 |                5 |
| 26      | Tripura                  |                     0 |                0 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand              |                    48 |               27 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh            |                  1986 |              987 |
| 29      | West Bengal              |                    17 |               10 |
| 30      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                     0 |                0 |
| 31      | Chandigarh               |                     4 |                2 |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                     0 |                0 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu               |                     0 |                0 |
| 34      | Delhi                    |                    39 |                8 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep              |                     0 |                0 |
| 36      | Puducherry               |                     0 |                0 |
| Total   | Total                    |                  9423 |             3597 |

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