(a) whether the number of accidents on National Highways has drastically gone up during the last three years;
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons therefor, State-wise and year-wise;
(c) the compensation given by the Government to the victims` families;
(d) whether the Government have taken any steps to widen the National Highways and to prevent encroachments as well as accidents on the National Highways; and
(e) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (MAJOR GENERAL (RETD.) B. C. KHANDURI, AVSM)
(a)to(e): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.206 REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS FOR REPLY ON 6TH AUGUST, 2001 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA VIJAY SINGH AND DR. JASWANT SINGH YADAV,
(a)&(b) : As per information available the number of road accidents on National Highways have increased from 1997 to 1998 but during the year 1999 these have gone down. The total number of road accidents, persons killed and injured during the years 1997, 1998 and 1999, state-wise and year-wise is annexed.
(c) : The compensation is given on the basis of structured formula provided in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
(d)&(e) : Widening of National Highways, Prevention of accidents and prevention of encroachment is a continuing process. Steps taken to prevent accidents are taken into consideration while formulating proposals for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). These include undertaking various improvement works like widening to 4 lanes, strengthening existing two lane pavements, construction of bypass, geometric improvements and also provide road signs, markings etc. to make roads safer. Prevention of encroachments is dealt under `The Public Premises (eviction of unauthorised occupants)` Act, 1971 through the concerned State Governments.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.206 REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS FOR REPLY ON 6TH AUGUST, 2001 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA VIJAY SINGH AND DR. JASWANT SINGH YADAV,
ROAD ACCIDENTS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
All India /States /UTs. 1997 1998 1999
Andhra Pradesh 5679 8245 8518 Arunachal Pradesh 54 51 53 Assam 1584 1647 1754 Bihar N.A. N.A. N.A. Goa 886 1000 887 Gujarat 7071 7765 7758 Haryana 2316 2832 2779 Himachal Pradesh 661 1033 829 Jammu & Kashmir 567 2120 2112 Karnataka 8530 8275 N.A. Kerala 7508 7212 7596 Madhya Pradesh 7587 7885 6783 Maharashtra 16473 15197 15343 Manipur 161 192 214 Meghalaya 203 250 159 Mizoram 27 61 36 Nagaland 22 43 57 Orissa 2107 2353 2651 Punjab 1229 1160 1223 Rajasthan 6924 7219 6778 Sikkim 48 32 33 Tamil Nadu 13107 13731 16329 Tripura 291 108 242 Uttar Pradesh 5648 5741 6442 West Bengal 3815 3130 N.A. A & N Islands NIL NIL NIL Chandigarh 56 38 56 D & N Haveli NIL NIL NIL Daman & Diu NIL NIL NIL Delhi 1227 1155 1153 Lakshadweep NIL NIL NIL Pondicherry 233 215 378
Total 94014(P) 98690 (P) 96163 (P)
N.A. = Not available. P = Provisional
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.206 REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS FOR REPLY ON 6TH AUGUST, 2001 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA VIJAY SINGH AND DR. JASWANT SINGH YADAV.
PERSONS KILLED ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
All India /States /UTs. 1997 1998 1999
Andhra Pradesh 2228 3102 3273 Arunachal Pradesh 13 28 13 Assam 866 787 848 Bihar N.A N.A. N.A. Goa 111 107 96 Gujarat 1590 1380 1241 Haryana 1110 1154 1137 Himachal Pradesh 181 292 209 Jammu & Kashmir 131 423 360 Karnataka 1896 1947 N.A. Kerala 851 826 876 Madhya Pradesh 1506 1519 1480 Maharashtra 3197 3156 3181 Manipur 43 40 73 Meghalaya 100 87 78 Mizoram 12 39 16 Nagaland 15 10 13 Orissa 673 803 869 Punjab 938 859 887 Rajasthan 2078 2118 2313 Sikkim 10 10 10 Tamil Nadu 2775 3106 3639 Tripura 59 46 86 Uttar Pradesh 3165 3318 3700 West Bengal 1843 1172 N.A. A & N Islands NIL NIL NIL Chandigarh 25 14 21 D & N Haveli NIL NIL NIL Daman & Diu NIL NIL NIL Delhi 415 305 296 Lakshadweep NIL NIL NIL Pondicherry 32 34 72
Total 25863(P) 26682(P) 24787(P)
N.A. = Not available P = Provisional
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.206 REGARDING ROAD ACCIDENTS FOR REPLY ON 6TH AUGUST, 2001 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA VIJAY SINGH AND DR. JASWANT SINGH YADAV.
PERSONS INJURED ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
All India /States /UTs. 1997 1998 1999
Andhra Pradesh 7052 9286 10181 Arunachal Pradesh 134 62 72 Assam 2623 2364 2938 Bihar N.A. N.A. N.A. Goa 605 695 504 Gujarat 7069 7735 7275 Haryana 2554 2897 3047 Himachal Pradesh 1006 1488 1121 Jammu & Kashmir 526 2646 2066 Karnataka 11128 9906 N.A. Kerala 10748 10805 8782 Madhya Pradesh N.A. N.A. N.A. Maharashtra 13388 13050 12624 Manipur 294 472 375 Meghalaya 329 165 219 Mizoram 57 147 49 Nagaland 63 30 50 Orissa 2669 2913 3701 Punjab 1077 990 1096 Rajasthan 7664 9122 7996 Sikkim 69 40 68 Tamil Nadu 9074 9822 14706 Tripura 504 209 399 Uttar Pradesh 4084 4437 4809 West Bengal 3338 3667 N.A. A & N Islands NIL NIL NIL Chandigarh 44 34 48 D & N Haveli NIL NIL NIL Daman & Diu NIL NIL NIL Delhi 1011 1012 950 Lakshadweep NIL NIL NIL Pondicherry 265 204 375
Total 87375(P) 94198(P) 83451(P)
N.A. = Not available P = Provisional