Lok Sabha Question No. 2752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Road Accidents due to Engineering Defects in NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of road accidents registered during the last three years and the current year due to road engineering defects, State/UTwise, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and other metro cities;
- (b) whether the Government has taken up initiatives to restructure and strengthen road safety and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has allocated funds for the purpose and if so, these details of expenditure incurred thereon, State/UT-wise, particularly in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)     With a view to providing relevant and reliable data on accidents, Transport Research Wing (TRW) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways collects and compiles accident data from the police departments  of  all  States/UTs.  However,  TRW  does  not  compile  road accidents data on the basis of road engineering defects.
- (b)     Major initiatives taken by the Ministry based on road engineering to restructure and strengthen road safety in the country are as under : -
- (i) Ministry  has  issued  guidelines  for  conduct  of  safety  audits  at  all stages (design, construction, and operation).
- (ii)   Road  safety  audit  policy  has  been  issued  by  National  Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on 27.05.2022 prescribing Audit requirements as per IRC guidelines in all phase of the project.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2752 ANSWERED ON 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2022

## ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO ENGINEERING DEFECTS IN NHS

2752.

SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (iii)  Road safety audit is an integral part of detailed project report (DPR) / feasibility study as per IRC guidelines and action is being taken by Ministry accordingly in all projects.
- (iv)  Third  party  independent road safety audit at DPR stage has been made mandatory by NHAI.
- (v)   Ministry,  vide  OM  No.  RW/NH-29011/2/2015/P&M  (RSCE)  dated  7th December 2015, has issued guidelines on 'Preparation and submission of proposals for rectification of identified road accident black spots on National Highways (NHs)'.
- (vi)  Ministry,  vide  circular  no.  RW/NH-29013/01/2020  -  S&R  dated 09th November  2020,  has  issued  Guidelines,  for  monitoring  of  and compliance of all safety and suggested procedures, to be followed for preparation of proposal for rectification of Black Spots.
- (vii) Ministry,  vide  letter  no. RW/NH-29011/01/2021-S&R  (P&B)  RSCE dated 9th Sept 2021, has also issued guidelines for taking advance action for removal of accident spots on NHs as per police reports without waiting for converting them into black spots after accidents/fatalities.
- (viii)Regular review meetings are conducted by senior officers of ministry with Regional/field officers of all road owning agencies related to NHs to formulate action plans for identification and rectification of black spots and accident spots with a targeted Timeline.
- (c)     Ministry has conveyed the sanction ceiling of Rs. 1200 Crore during financial year 2022-23 for road safety works, primarily for taking up the rectification of blackspots. State wise details are in the table below:-

|   S No. | Name of the state   | Sanction Ceiling (Crore)   |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Assam               | 22.31                      |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 30.40                      |
|       3 | Andhra Pradesh      | 76.80                      |
|       4 | Bihar               | 93.73                      |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh        | 24.97                      |
|       6 | Chandigarh          | -                          |
|       7 | Gujarat             | 27.52                      |
|       8 | Goa                 | 9.37                       |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh    | 3.75                       |
|      10 | Haryana             | 3.75                       |

| 11                | Jharkhand         | 26.09    |
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|
| 12                | Jammu and Kashmir | 9.94     |
| 13 Karnataka      | 140.59            |          |
| 14                | Kerala            | 5.96     |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh | 53.61             |          |
| 16 Maharashtra    | 112.47            |          |
| 17 Manipur        | 16.87             |          |
| 18 Meghalaya      | 7.37              |          |
| 19 Mizoram        | 9.94              |          |
| 20 Nagaland       | 3.75              |          |
| 21 Odisha         | 23.55             |          |
| Punjab            | 89.34             | 22       |
| 23 Rajasthan      | 106.74            |          |
| 24 Sikkim         | 0.94              |          |
| 25 Telangana      | 113.97            |          |
| 26 Tamilnadu      | 114.05            |          |
| 27 Tripura        | -                 |          |
| 28 Uttar          | 24.56             | Pradesh  |
| 29 Uttarakhand    | 18.79             |          |
| 30                | West Bengal       | 28.89    |
|                   | Total             | 1,200.00 |

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