Lok Sabha Question No. 1158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Crime on Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Keshari Devi Patel, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Sanghamitra Maurya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1158 ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2023

## CRIME ON HIGHWAYS

1158. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN

RAJENIMBALKAR:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  criminal  incidents  including  robbing  on  National Highways (NHs), Expressways and State Highways during the last five years, NH, Expressway and State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  local  police  do  not  take  any  immediate  action  on incidents like highway robbery, snatching, accident, assault, conflicts, etc. and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of instructions issued given by the Government to the local police to take immediate cognizance in the said cases and lodge reports in the local police station;
- (d) whether the local police put barricades in the name of checking and checks documents without proper authorization on many routes and if so, the reasons therefor and the rules in this regard;
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to help the cargo drivers and transporters get rid of the said problem;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to create a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the said purpose; and
- (g)  if  so,  the  time  by  which  the  said  proposal  is  likely  to  be implemented?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Details of State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Theft/Burglary/Robbery/Dacoity on Highways (National Highway/State Highway/Express Way) during 2017-2021 are annexed.
- (b) to (g) Police and Public Order are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Therefore, primarily the State Governments are responsible for prevention, detection and investigation of crimes and for prosecuting criminals through their law enforcement agencies, as also for protecting the life and property of  the  citizens.  Union  Government,  however,  attaches  highest importance  to  the  matters  of  prevention  of  crime  and  therefore, continues  to  urge  the  State  Governments  /UT  Administrations  to improve  the  administration  of  criminal  justice  system  and  take measures as are necessary for prevention and control of crime on National Highways (NHs) and Expressways.

Furthermore,  State  Governments  are  responsible  for  giving instructions  to  local  police  for  taking  cognizance  of  crimes  on Highways,  lodging  reports,  putting  barricades  on  Highways  for checking documents of cargo drivers and transporters, and preparing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for these purposes.

Highway barriers are erected and managed by local agencies. However, barriers not authorized by the Union Government are not permitted along National Highways/Expressways.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1158 ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2023 ASKED BY SHRI  ARVIND  GANPAT  SAWANT,  SHRI  SANJAY  JADHAV,  SHRIMATI KESHARI  DEVI  PATEL,  SHRI  OMPRAKASH  BHUPALSINH  ALIAS  PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR, SHRI VINAYAK RAUT AND DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA REGARDING 'CRIME ON HIGHWAYS '

| SL   |                            | 2017   | 2017     | 2017    | 2017    | 2017   | 2017   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
|      | State/UT                   | Theft  | Burglary | Robbery | Dacoity | Others | Total  |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 130    | 5        | 42      | 17      | 3      | 197    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 62     | 0        | 3       | 0       | 0      | 65     |
| 3    | Assam                      | 340    | 0        | 151     | 4       | 0      | 495    |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 1293   | 0        | 450     | 48      | 0      | 1791   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 21     | 0        | 29      | 9       | 0      | 59     |
| 6    | Goa                        | 9      | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 10     |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 111    | 2        | 89      | 36      | 2      | 240    |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 655    | 1        | 72      | 53      | 3      | 784    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 112    | 2        | 1       | 0       | 1      | 116    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 575    | 0        | 132     | 41      | 0      | 748    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 146    | 8        | 168     | 48      | 1      | 371    |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 102    | 10       | 51      | 9       | 1      | 173    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 452    | 5        | 210     | 24      | 0      | 691    |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 681    | 16       | 361     | 77      | 1      | 1136   |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 69     | 0        | 4       | 0       | 0      | 73     |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 93     | 14       | 22      | 9       | 0      | 138    |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 0      | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 1      |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 55     | 0        | 12      | 1       | 0      | 68     |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 448    | 0        | 503     | 41      | 0      | 992    |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 175    | 0        | 11      | 3       | 54     | 243    |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 33     | 0        | 95      | 7       | 2      | 137    |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 3      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 3      |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 354    | 21       | 146     | 13      | 2      | 536    |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 205    | 18       | 51      | 7       | 0      | 281    |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 11     | 1        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 13     |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 1710   | 0        | 943     | 37      | 4      | 2694   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 320    | 5        | 109     | 7       | 0      | 441    |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 198    | 0        | 52      | 7       | 0      | 257    |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 8363   | 108      | 3710    | 498     | 74     | 12753  |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 2184   | 0        | 286     | 3       | 5      | 2478   |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 15     | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 16     |

| 34   | Ladakh            |     - |   - |    - |   - |   - |     - |
|------|-------------------|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|-------|
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |     0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |     7 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |     7 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  2206 |   0 |  287 |   3 |   5 |  2501 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 10569 | 108 | 3997 | 501 |  79 | 15254 |

| SL   |                            | 2018   | 2018     | 2018    | 2018    | 2018   | 2018   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
|      | State/UT                   | Theft  | Burglary | Robbery | Dacoity | Others | Total  |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 38     | 4        | 21      | 11      | 0      | 74     |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 111    | 2        | 15      | 2       | 0      | 130    |
| 3    | Assam                      | 1069   | 64       | 176     | 12      | 0      | 1321   |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 1587   | 0        | 591     | 60      | 0      | 2238   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 166    | 6        | 46      | 2       | 0      | 220    |
| 6    | Goa                        | 5      | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 6      |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 90     | 1        | 90      | 25      | 0      | 206    |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 1169   | 69       | 86      | 41      | 0      | 1365   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 106    | 0        | 6       | 0       | 0      | 112    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 66     | 0        | 144     | 24      | 0      | 234    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 185    | 2        | 189     | 38      | 6      | 420    |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 91     | 4        | 30      | 5       | 0      | 130    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 230    | 0        | 179     | 9       | 2      | 420    |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 565    | 0        | 429     | 65      | 1      | 1060   |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 121    | 1        | 3       | 0       | 0      | 125    |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 68     | 9        | 19      | 8       | 0      | 104    |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 19     | 11       | 0       | 0       | 4      | 34     |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 78     | 0        | 8       | 3       | 0      | 89     |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 8      | 70       | 994     | 44      | 0      | 1116   |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 137    | 1        | 15      | 1       | 6      | 160    |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 197    | 1        | 105     | 11      | 0      | 314    |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 0      | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 1      |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 436    | 14       | 252     | 23      | 4      | 729    |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 96     | 0        | 55      | 5       | 0      | 156    |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 12     | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 13     |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 1522   | 51       | 720     | 25      | 4      | 2322   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 31     | 3        | 21      | 3       | 4      | 62     |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 459    | 0        | 48      | 4       | 0      | 511    |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 8662   | 313      | 4245    | 421     | 31     | 13672  |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 1820   | 30       | 154     | 1       | 0      | 2005   |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 59     | 1        | 1       | 2       | 0      | 63     |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | -      | -        | -       | -       | -      | -      |

| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |     0 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|-------|
| 36   | Puducherry        |    78 |   0 |    8 |   0 |   0 |    86 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  1957 |  31 |  163 |   3 |   0 |  2154 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 10619 | 344 | 4408 | 424 |  31 | 15826 |

| SL   |                            | 2019   | 2019     | 2019    | 2019    | 2019   | 2019   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
|      | State/UT                   | Theft  | Burglary | Robbery | Dacoity | Others | Total  |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 140    | 6        | 53      | 12      | 2      | 213    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 73     | 3        | 16      | 2       | 0      | 94     |
| 3    | Assam                      | 495    | 44       | 448     | 22      | 0      | 1009   |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 1361   | 19       | 862     | 116     | 0      | 2358   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 47     | 5        | 39      | 2       | 0      | 93     |
| 6    | Goa                        | 12     | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 12     |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 162    | 2        | 94      | 17      | 0      | 275    |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 2062   | 23       | 93      | 39      | 9      | 2226   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 68     | 18       | 4       | 1       | 0      | 91     |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 112    | 0        | 178     | 25      | 0      | 315    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 281    | 9        | 130     | 41      | 5      | 466    |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 121    | 8        | 24      | 6       | 0      | 159    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 1046   | 51       | 250     | 19      | 0      | 1366   |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 204    | 0        | 362     | 52      | 0      | 618    |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 58     | 0        | 1       | 6       | 0      | 65     |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 48     | 6        | 25      | 21      | 1      | 101    |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 182    | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 182    |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 47     | 4        | 6       | 0       | 0      | 57     |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 2      | 0        | 90      | 12      | 0      | 104    |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 189    | 2        | 11      | 1       | 45     | 248    |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 131    | 34       | 155     | 20      | 0      | 340    |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 2      | 3        | 1       | 1       | 0      | 7      |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 440    | 15       | 220     | 15      | 3      | 693    |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 148    | 0        | 60      | 2       | 0      | 210    |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 32     | 0        | 5       | 0       | 0      | 37     |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 806    | 0        | 606     | 18      | 203    | 1633   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 12     | 0        | 5       | 0       | 0      | 17     |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 393    | 3        | 41      | 7       | 0      | 444    |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 8674   | 255      | 3779    | 457     | 268    | 13433  |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 4618   | 9        | 138     | 1       | 11     | 4777   |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 59     | 3        | 6       | 0       | 0      | 68     |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | -      | -        | -       | -       | -      | -      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |

| 36   | Puducherry        |    52 |   0 |    8 |   1 |   0 |    61 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|-------|
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  4729 |  12 |  152 |   2 |  11 |  4906 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 13403 | 267 | 3931 | 459 | 279 | 18339 |

|    |                            | 2020   | 2020     | 2020    | 2020    | 2020   | 2020   |
|----|----------------------------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT                   | Theft  | Burglary | Robbery | Dacoity | Others | Total  |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh             | 105    | 7        | 27      | 13      | 2      | 154    |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh          | 62     | 17       | 19      | 1       | 0      | 99     |
| 3  | Assam                      | 648    | 299      | 300     | 10      | 0      | 1257   |
| 4  | Bihar                      | 2544   | 0        | 922     | 65      | 0      | 3531   |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh               | 151    | 6        | 49      | 2       | 0      | 208    |
| 6  | Goa                        | 11     | 0        | 2       | 0       | 0      | 13     |
| 7  | Gujarat                    | 98     | 1        | 34      | 14      | 0      | 147    |
| 8  | Haryana                    | 166    | 32       | 87      | 39      | 11     | 335    |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh           | 46     | 0        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 47     |
| 10 | Jharkhand                  | 245    | 0        | 178     | 27      | 0      | 450    |
| 11 | Karnataka                  | 109    | 5        | 110     | 34      | 0      | 258    |
| 12 | Kerala                     | 122    | 7        | 45      | 18      | 0      | 192    |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh             | 658    | 9        | 182     | 14      | 0      | 863    |
| 14 | Maharashtra                | 271    | 3        | 285     | 47      | 0      | 606    |
| 15 | Manipur                    | 52     | 5        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 57     |
| 16 | Meghalaya                  | 58     | 17       | 16      | 9       | 0      | 100    |
| 17 | Mizoram                    | 58     | 3        | 5       | 0       | 0      | 66     |
| 18 | Nagaland                   | 118    | 0        | 11      | 0       | 0      | 129    |
| 19 | Odisha                     | 63     | 0        | 440     | 20      | 0      | 523    |
| 20 | Punjab                     | 677    | 2        | 10      | 1       | 37     | 727    |
| 21 | Rajasthan                  | 155    | 12       | 133     | 11      | 1      | 312    |
| 22 | Sikkim                     | 5      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 5      |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu                 | 278    | 11       | 220     | 12      | 2      | 523    |
| 24 | Telangana                  | 95     | 0        | 22      | 8       | 4      | 129    |
| 25 | Tripura                    | 41     | 1        | 1       | 2       | 0      | 45     |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh              | 1785   | 11       | 418     | 10      | 3      | 2227   |
| 27 | Uttarakhand                | 2      | 0        | 4       | 0       | 0      | 6      |
| 28 | West Bengal                | 143    | 0        | 34      | 3       | 0      | 180    |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 8766   | 448      | 3555    | 360     | 60     | 13189  |
| 29 | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 30 | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 31 | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 32 | Delhi                      | 4394   | 0        | 130     | 0       | 0      | 4524   |
| 33 | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 98     | 9        | 3       | 3       | 0      | 113    |
| 34 | Ladakh                     | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |

| 36   | Puducherry        |    98 |   0 |    7 |   1 |   0 |   106 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|-------|
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  4590 |   9 |  140 |   4 |   0 |  4743 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 13356 | 457 | 3695 | 364 |  60 | 17932 |

|    |                            | 2021   | 2021     | 2021    | 2021    | 2021   | 2021   |
|----|----------------------------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT                   | Theft  | Burglary | Robbery | Dacoity | Others | Total  |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh             | 155    | 7        | 35      | 22      | 8      | 227    |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh          | 211    | 0        | 3       | 2       | 0      | 216    |
| 3  | Assam                      | 747    | 295      | 622     | 40      | 0      | 1704   |
| 4  | Bihar                      | 4344   | 9        | 943     | 41      | 0      | 5337   |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh               | 39     | 1        | 91      | 7       | 0      | 138    |
| 6  | Goa                        | 11     | 0        | 1       | 1       | 0      | 13     |
| 7  | Gujarat                    | 70     | 0        | 73      | 24      | 0      | 167    |
| 8  | Haryana                    | 367    | 26       | 116     | 38      | 59     | 606    |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh           | 72     | 5        | 1       | 0       | 0      | 78     |
| 10 | Jharkhand                  | 19     | 0        | 269     | 24      | 0      | 312    |
| 11 | Karnataka                  | 266    | 0        | 98      | 24      | 3      | 391    |
| 12 | Kerala                     | 80     | 23       | 68      | 15      | 1      | 187    |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh             | 1002   | 2        | 196     | 11      | 0      | 1211   |
| 14 | Maharashtra                | 559    | 10       | 404     | 70      | 0      | 1043   |
| 15 | Manipur                    | 209    | 0        | 3       | 0       | 0      | 212    |
| 16 | Meghalaya                  | 80     | 6        | 19      | 7       | 0      | 112    |
| 17 | Mizoram                    | 192    | 0        | 19      | 1       | 0      | 212    |
| 18 | Nagaland                   | 146    | 0        | 8       | 2       | 0      | 156    |
| 19 | Odisha                     | 18     | 136      | 2009    | 20      | 0      | 2183   |
| 20 | Punjab                     | 856    | 0        | 7       | 8       | 72     | 943    |
| 21 | Rajasthan                  | 151    | 14       | 130     | 13      | 0      | 308    |
| 22 | Sikkim                     | 1      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 1      |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu                 | 257    | 9        | 156     | 15      | 1      | 438    |
| 24 | Telangana                  | 161    | 0        | 17      | 10      | 12     | 200    |
| 25 | Tripura                    | 43     | 1        | 4       | 2       | 0      | 50     |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh              | 2030   | 12       | 424     | 4       | 10     | 2480   |
| 27 | Uttarakhand                | 9      | 0        | 13      | 0       | 0      | 22     |
| 28 | West Bengal                | 170    | 4        | 31      | 2       | 0      | 207    |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 12265  | 560      | 5760    | 403     | 166    | 19154  |
| 29 | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 30 | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0        | 5       | 0       | 18     | 23     |
| 31 | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 0      | 0        | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      |
| 32 | Delhi                      | 4600   | 0        | 153     | 1       | 43     | 4797   |

| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*   |    85 |   3 |    6 |   0 |   0 |    94 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|-------|
| 34   | Ladakh            |     1 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |     1 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |     0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |    68 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |    68 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  4754 |   3 |  164 |   1 |  61 |  4983 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 17019 | 563 | 5924 | 404 | 227 | 24137 |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2019

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