Lok Sabha Question No. 3927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Road Safety Measures
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Jagadish Shettar, Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Shri Mahesh Kashyap, Shri Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3927 ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## ROAD SAFETY MEASURES

## 3927. SHRI RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI:

SHRI MAHESH KASHYAP:

SHRI MITESH PATEL BAKABHAI:

SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

SHRI JAGADISH SHETTAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  reduce  the number of blind spots on roads to ensure road safety of citizens;
- (b) if so, the details of total number of blind spots identified by the Government in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the importance of road safety measures; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  focuses  on  the  construction  of  good quality roads and if so, the steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  &  (b)  Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is primarily  responsible  for  development,  operation  and  maintenance of National Highways (NHs). Certain locations on NHs are identified as black spots based on occurrence of certain number of accidents involving  fatalities  and  grievous  injuries.  Government  has  taken steps for immediate short-term measures on such black spots like road  markings,  signages,  crash  barriers,  road  studs,  delineators, closure of unauthorized median openings, traffic calming measures, etc.  Long-term  measures  like  improvement  of  road  geometrics, junction improvements, spot widening of carriageway, construction of underpasses/overpasses, etc. are also taken on such black spots as  per  site  investigations  as  permanent  rectification  measures.  A total of 13,795 black spots have been identified on the NHs, out of which  short-term  rectification  measures  have  been  completed  on 9,525 black spots and permanent rectification have been completed on  4,777  black  spots.  The  details  of  total  number  of  black  spots identified  by  the  Government  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise,  are annexed.

(c) & (d) All road works are carried out as per standards, guidelines, manual,  code  of  practice  of  Indian  Roads  Congress  as  well  as Specifications for Road and Bridge Works. High importance is given to road safety measures during design, construction, operation and maintenance  stages.  Further, guidelines have  been  issued  for regular safety audit of all NHs at design, construction, pre-opening stage of NH projects as well as on existing NHs for ensuring road safety. In order to achieve desired quality of construction, measures have  been  taken  like  100%  checking  of  quality  control  tests  by Authority's  Engineer  in  EPC  contracts,  quality  checks  on  sample basis  by  officers  of  executing  agencies,  strict  implementation  of contract/concession  agreement  provisions  with  respect  to  quality, penalizing  the  contractors  and  consultants  for  failure/defective works, etc.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3927 FOR 19-12-2024 ASKED BY SHRI RAMVIR  SINGH  BIDHURI,  SHRI  MAHESH  KASHYAP,  SHRI  MITESH PATEL  BAKABHAI,  SHRI  BIBHU  PRASAD  TARAI,  SHRI  JAGADISH SHETTAR, REGARDING ROAD SAFETY MEASURES.

| State/UT          |   No. of black spots on National Highways |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Andaman           |                                         4 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                      1202 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                         9 |
| Assam             |                                       236 |
| Bihar             |                                       355 |
| Chandigarh        |                                         7 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                                       257 |
| Daman & Diu       |                                         1 |
| Delhi             |                                       132 |
| Goa               |                                        47 |
| Gujarat           |                                       373 |
| Haryana           |                                       144 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                                       226 |
| J & K             |                                       200 |
| Jharkhand         |                                       263 |
| Karnataka         |                                      1217 |
| Kerala            |                                       692 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                                       674 |
| Maharashtra       |                                       642 |
| Manipur           |                                        27 |
| Meghalaya         |                                        55 |
| Mizoram           |                                         2 |
| Nagaland          |                                        40 |
| Odisha            |                                       568 |
| Puducherry        |                                        69 |
| Punjab            |                                       911 |
| Rajasthan         |                                       954 |
| Sikkim            |                                        19 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                                      1011 |
| Telangana         |                                      1121 |
| Tripura           |                                        22 |

| Uttar Pradesh   |   981 |
|-----------------|-------|
| Uttarakhand     |    81 |
| West Bengal     |  1253 |
| Total           | 13795 |

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