Lok Sabha Question No. 1963 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Drunken Driving
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1963 ANSWERED ON 28 TH    JULY, 2016

## DRUNKEN DRIVING

1963.     SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether drunk driving on National Highways has resulted in large road crashes, if so, the details thereof and the number of injured and fatalities occurred during the last three years;

(b)  whether National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided not to provide any access  to  liquor  vends  along  their  routes  and  also  considering  to  block  the  access  to  the existing liquor shops from highway network, if so the details thereof; and

(c) the steps being taken by the NHAI in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)  The total number of road accidents, persons killed and injured due to intake of alcohol on all  roads  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  calendar  years  from  2013  to  2015  are  given below:-

|   Year | Total number of road accident on National Highways   | Total number of persons killed on National Highways   | Total number of persons injured on National Highways   | Total number of road accident due to intake of Alcohol in respect of all roads   | Total number of persons killed due to intake of Alcohol in respect of all roads   | Total number of persons injured due to intake of Alcohol in respect of all roads   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2013 | 1,36,786                                             | 45,612                                                | 1,43,107                                               | 20,290                                                                           | 6,463                                                                             | 20,081                                                                             |
|   2014 | 1,37,903                                             | 47,649                                                | 1,47,696                                               | 18,916                                                                           | 6,968                                                                             | 19,432                                                                             |
|   2015 | 1,42,268                                             | 51,204                                                | 1,45,341                                               | 16,298                                                                           | 6,755                                                                             | 18,813                                                                             |

(b) & (c) Licensing of liquor shops is covered under Excise Policy of the States.  However, in the wake of increasing number of road accidents due to drunken driving, Chief Secretaries

/Principal Secretaries/Secretaries (Transport) of all States/UTs have been requested to ensure that no license is issued to liquor vendors along National Highways.  State Governments have also  been  requested  to  review  cases  wherever  license  had  already  been  given  for  liquor vendors along National Highways for taking corrective action.

Chairman, NHAI vide DO No. NHAI/11001/3/2016-RSC III/1535 dated 31.05.2016  has also requested all Chief Secretaries to remove liquor shops on the National  Highways and not to allow new liquor vendor in future.

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