Lok Sabha Question No. 500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Median Cut on NH-27
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.500

## ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2021

## MEDIAN CUT ON NH-27

†500. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there is no median cut on the main road leading to Abu road industrial area from National Highway (NH)-27 in Gujarat resulting in frequent cases of accidents in that area;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  reaction  of  the  Government thereto;
- (c) the total number of the accidents occurred on NH-27 expecially in Rajasthan during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to construct median cut at that location to prevent road accidents;
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with budgetary allocation made and time frame set for the purpose;
- (f)  if  not,  the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent accidents at the said location?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)     No.  There  are  number  of  median  openings  along  Abu  road Industrial  Area.  RICCO  industrial  area  starts  from  Chainage  Km. 635+000 and ends at Chainage Km.644+000 of the project Highway.
- (b)     There  are  number  of  median  openings  on  Abu  road  industrial area which are mentioned as below.
1.   643+100
2.   636+00 (VUP to RICCO ind. Area)
3.   642+200
4.   640+580
5.   638+120
6.   635+100
- (c)     Details of accident on NH-27 in Rajasthan is at Annexure-A .
- (d to f)     Normally median opening on highway is provisioned for 2 Km length each however at the said location there are 6 median opening for a total length of 9.00 Km at a distance of 1.5 Km each.

Annexure-A ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.500 ON 22ND JULY, 2021 ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI

M. PATEL REGARDING MEDIAN CUT ON NH-27.

|   S.No. | Name of Road                                     | Mode   |   Total Length |   No. of Accident in Year 2018- 19 |   No. of Accident in Year 2019-20 |   No. of Accident in Year 2020-21 |   No. of Accident in Year - 2021-22 upto June- 21 |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Swaroopganj - Pindwara- Udaipur section of NH-27 | EPC    |         120.02 |                                168 |                               201 |                               199 |                                               100 |
|       2 | Udaipur- Chittorgarh section of NH-27            | BOT    |          93.5  |                                223 |                               210 |                               194 |                                                86 |
|       3 | Chittorgarh-Kota section of NH-27                | EPC    |         160.5  |                                237 |                               242 |                               203 |                                                 9 |
|       4 | Kota bypass section of NH-27                     | EPC    |          26.42 |                                 22 |                                23 |                                40 |                                                17 |
|       5 | Kota - Baran section of NH-27                    | EPC    |         104.06 |                                186 |                               186 |                               151 |                                               117 |

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