All State govt should have Pot and Man holes maintenance minister. Economic costs and loss of human lives due to road accidents especially that of Breadwinners of the family are humongous. Govts should take-up modern tech of repairing potholes in a jiffy as National Priority.
Maintenance &repair of our roads, often ignored ,lead to huge loss of priceless lives ,&deprive the nation of productivity of youth who fall victim to potholes and otherwise bad roads.
"Road accident victims largely constitute young people in the productive age underscoring major implication on economic cost of road accidents, apart from their emotional and psychological impact.(Page 62 of Report on Road Accidents in India-2021 by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Table
4.2: Age profile
of Fatal Road Accident victims
during 2019 to 2021
|
Age-group |
Number of Persons killed |
%-age change in 2020 over 2019 |
%-age change in 2021 over 2020 |
||
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|||
|
Less than
18 |
11,168 |
6,998 |
7,764 |
-37.3 |
10.9 |
|
% Share in
total |
7.4 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
|
|
|
18-25 |
33,206 |
27,612 |
31,750 |
-16.8 |
15.0 |
|
% Share in
total |
22.0 |
21.0 |
20.6 |
|
|
|
25-35 |
39,023 |
34,947 |
39,646 |
-10.4 |
13.4 |
|
% Share in
total |
25.8 |
26.5 |
25.7 |
|
|
|
35-45 |
32,509 |
29,379 |
32,741 |
-9.6 |
11.4 |
|
% Share in
total |
21.5 |
22.3 |
21.3 |
|
|
|
45-60 |
22,612 |
20,938 |
26,085 |
-7.4 |
24.6 |
|
% Share in
total |
15.0 |
15.9 |
16.9 |
|
|
|
Above 60 |
9,004 |
8,380 |
11,739 |
-6.9 |
40.1 |
|
% Share in
total |
6.0 |
6.4 |
7.6 |
|
|
|
Age not known |
3,591 |
3,460 |
4,247 |
-3.6 |
22.7 |
|
% Share in
total |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
|
|
|
Total |
1,51,113 |
1,31,714 |
1,53,972 |
-12.8 |
16.9 |
In this regard, GOI should look at options like including Maintenance & Repair of Roads using Modern Technologies by our Public Limited Companies under Corporate Social Responsibility under Cos Act. and encourage especially Automotive Companies to involve themselves more in this Road Maintenance and Repair of Potholes
Companies can take up Repair of Roads in and around their Offices, Factories, Warehouses etc. wherever it is possible by entering into suitable PPP Agreements with the respective Govt agencies including Panchayats, Municipalities, Corporations etc.
"Potholes account for nearly 0.8 percent road accidents, 1.4 percent of road accident deaths and 0.6 percent of injuries."as per Report "Road Accidents in India -2021 " published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(Page 95)
Continued from previous page in the Report there is a table giving Potholes causing No. of Accidents ,Fatalities and Injuries in 2021 :(page 96)
|
Road feature |
Number of accidents |
Persons killed |
Persons injured |
|
Potholes |
511 |
213 |
338 |
|
Share in Total |
0.8 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
|
Steep Grade |
908 |
219 |
725 |
|
Share in Total |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
|
Ongoing Road Works/
Under Construction |
1,886 |
639 |
1334 |
|
Share in Total |
2.8 |
4.2 |
2.3 |
|
Others |
11,482 |
2,037 |
10,778 |
|
Share in Total |
17.1 |
13.3 |
18.3 |
|
Total Million Plus cities |
67,301 |
15,350 |
58,758 |
In the below table you find Accidents due to Potholes in Million Plus cities in India in 2021.
To your utter surprise you will find that Mumbai, Chennai,Coimbatore, Faridabad, Pune, Aurangabad, Kochi etc. have recorded Zero Accidents , Deaths, Injuries due to potholes!!!
What a farce!This data has to be immediately updated by Ministry on war footing pl.
Ministry should also do the maths on Economic costs of Accidents and Fatalities etc and look at reducing them as a % of our GDP.
|
S. No |
State/UT |
Pot Holes |
||||
|
Number of Accidents |
Persons Killed |
Persons Injured |
||||
|
Greviously Injured |
Minor Injury |
Total Injured |
||||
|
1 |
2 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
|
1 |
Agra |
6 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
2 |
Ahmedabad |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
Allahabad(Prayagraj) |
149 |
74 |
36 |
47 |
83 |
|
4 |
Amritsar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
Asansol Durgapur |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
6 |
Aurangabad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Bengaluru |
15 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
12 |
|
8 |
Bhopal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
Chandigarh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
Coimbatore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Chennai |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
12 |
Delhi |
56 |
9 |
5 |
63 |
68 |
|
13 |
Dhanbad |
11 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
14 |
Faridabad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 |
Ghaziabad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16 |
Gwalior |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 |
Hyderabad |
19 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
18 |
|
18 |
Indore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
19 |
Jabalpur |
90 |
46 |
15 |
13 |
28 |
|
20 |
Jaipur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
21 |
Jamshedpur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
22 |
Jodhpur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
23 |
Kannur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
24 |
Kanpur |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
25 |
Khozikode |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
26 |
Kochi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
27 |
Kolkata |
14 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
13 |
|
28 |
Kollam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Kota |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Lucknow |
50 |
15 |
22 |
15 |
37 |
|
31 |
Ludhiana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
32 |
Madurai |
20 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
15 |
|
33 |
Mallapuram |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
34 |
Meerut |
13 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
35 |
Mumbai |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
Nagpur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
37 |
Nashik |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
38 |
Patna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
39 |
Pune |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
40 |
Raipur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
41 |
Rajkot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
42 |
Srinagar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
43 |
Surat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
44 |
Thiruvanthapuram |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
Thrissur |
8 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
|
46 |
Tiruchirapalli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
47 |
Vadodra |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
48 |
Varanasi |
47 |
33 |
11 |
15 |
26 |
|
49 |
Vijaywada city |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
50 |
Vizaq |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
511 |
213 |
137 |
201 |
338 |
|
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