Lok Sabha Question No. 2547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Road Accidents due to Potholes on NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Nitesh Ganga Deb

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  potholes  on  National  Highways  have
- claimed more lives in the country in recent years;
- (b) if so, the number of such accidental deaths reported during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated strategy by engaging all
- stakeholders to minimize such deaths in future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2547

## ANSWERED ON 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2022

## ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO POTHOLES ON NHs

2547. SHRI NITESH GANGA DEB:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b)  The total number of road accidents occurred and persons killed due to potholes on all categories of roads in the country during the  calendar  years  2019,  2020  and  2021  is  annexed.  However, Ministry does not separately maintain information on road accidents occurred due to potholes on National Highways (NHs). (c)  &  (d)  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  is  primarily responsible for construction and maintenance of NHs. In order to make the NH stretches pothole free, regular maintenance activities are carried out by executing agencies of MoRTH such as NHAI, PWD, BRO, NHIDCL, etc. through concessionaires/contractors/O&M agencies,  etc.  Concerned  project  officials  inspect  the  project highways  under  their  respective  jurisdictions  and  take  suitable short term and long term preventive/remedial measures as per the site requirements.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION   NO.  2547  FOR  ANSWER  ON 22.12.2022 ASKED BY SHRI NITESH GANGA DEB REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO POTHOLES ON NHs TOTAL NUMBER OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRED AND PERSONS KILLED

DUE TO POTHOLES ON ALL CATEGORIES OF ROADS IN THE COUNTRY

|      |                    | 2019            | 2019           | 2020               | 2020           | 2021             | 2021             |
|------|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|
| S.no | State/UTs          | Road Ac cidents | Persons Killed | Road A ccident s s | Person Kille d | Road A ccident s | Person s Kille d |
| 1    | 2                  | 3               | 4              | 5                  | 6              | 7                | 8                |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh     | 95              | 32             | 0                  | 0              | 0                | 0                |
| 2    | Arunachal Prades h | 12              | 6              | 13                 | 8              | 25               | 13               |
| 3    | Assam              | 322             | 93             | 194                | 57             | 187              | 55               |
| 4    | Bihar              | 0               | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                | 0                |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh       | 77              | 28             | 5                  | 1              | 15               | 4                |
| 6    | Goa                | 5               | 1              | 0                  | 0              | 0                | 0                |
| 7    | Gujarat            | 5               | 5              | 6                  | 6              | 8                | 5                |
| 8    | Haryana            | 61              | 20             | 183                | 69             | 102              | 38               |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh   | 21              | 16             | 0                  | 0              | 20               | 11               |
| 10   | Jharkhand          | 120             | 94             | 129                | 79             | 97               | 77               |
| 11   | Karnataka          | 113             | 38             | 36                 | 7              | 67               | 16               |
| 12   | Kerala             | 57              | 7              | 25                 | 2              | 16               | 6                |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh     | 339             | 91             | 439                | 96             | 711              | 220              |
| 14   | Maharashtra        | 181             | 72             | 61                 | 39             | 33               | 14               |
| 15   | Manipur            | 2               | 0              | 2                  | 1              | 6                | 0                |
| 16   | Meghalaya          | 2               | 2              | 0                  | 0              | 0                | 0                |
| 17   | Mizoram            | 0               | 0              | 1                  | 1              | 0                | 0                |
| 18   | Nagaland           | 14              | 0              | 57                 | 2              | 15               | 3                |
| 19   | Orissa             | 218             | 117            | 174                | 80             | 213              | 93               |
| 20   | Punjab             | 102             | 245            | 102                | 78             | 114              | 77               |
| 21   | Rajasthan          | 92              | 34             | 120                | 50             | 69               | 23               |
| 22   | Sikkim             | 7               | 1              | 0                  | 0              | 0                | 0                |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu         | 502             | 93             | 385                | 46             | 459              | 109              |
| 24   | Telangana          | 146             | 49             | 58                 | 36             | 87               | 29               |
| 25   | Tripura            | 0               | 0              | 0                  | 0              | 0                | 0                |
| 26   | Uttarakhand        | 26              | 15             | 4                  | 1              | 0                | 0                |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh      | 2122            | 1034           | 1447               | 759            | 1254             | 649              |
| 28   | West Bengal        | 61              | 31             | 63                 | 39             | 64               | 28               |

|       | Andaman & Nicob   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    |
|-------|-------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 29    | ar Islands        |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 30    | Chandigarh        | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    |
|       | Dadra & Nagar Ha  | 0    | 0    | 1    | 1    | 2    | 2    |
| 31    | veli              |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 32    | Daman & Diu       | 0    | 0    |      |      |      |      |
| 33    | Delhi             | 72   | 16   | 55   | 13   | 56   | 9    |
| 34    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1    | 0    | 4    | 0    | 4    | 0    |
| 35    | Ladakh            |      |      |      |      | 0    | 0    |
| 36    | Lakshadweep       | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 37    | Puducherry        | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 1    | 0    |
| Total | Total             | 4775 | 2140 | 3564 | 1471 | 3625 | 1481 |

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