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Potholes on the Roads and their costs to our Economy.

  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 ...