Punjab Transport Minister orders to complete rectification work of all accident black spots

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Punjab Transport Minister orders to complete rectification work of all accident black spots

Thursday, 26 May 2022 | PNS | Chandigarh

To reduce the mortality rate in road accidents, Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Wednesday directed all the road owning departments and agencies to complete the rectification work of all accidental black spots on the state and national highways in the state at the earliest.

 

Minister, reviewing the rectification work on black spots identified under Phase-I in the state, informed that around 62 percent of rectification work on black spots has been done so far.

 

Expressing deep concern on remaining 149 accidental black spots out of total 391 under Phase-I, he asked the state Transport secretary Vikas Garg to write letters to the road owning departments and agencies for early completion of the work.

 

The Minister informed that under Phase-I, a total 391 black were identified in 14 police districts of Punjab, of which rectification of 218 black spots out of total 267, has completed by NHAI with the cost of around Rs 600 crore so far, while progress for rectifying remaining 49 black spots was underway.

 

Similarly, PWD (B&R) has rectified 18 accidental black spots out of total 84 black spots, while Local Government and other departments have rectified 20 black spots out of total 54 sites.

 

During the meeting, Bhullar also released the book ‘Accident Black Spot Identification and Rectification Program’ on various Highways or Roads of Punjab-2021 by PUNBUS under Phase-II, in which total 407 accidental black spots identified in 16 Police Districts of Punjab along with their respective administrative districts has been published for remedial actions.

 

Bhullar further informed that NHAI has accepted 291 accidental black spots under Phase-II, sent to them after identification by the state of Punjab, which would further pave the way for early rectification of these sites to reduce the mortality rate in road accidents in the state.

 

He said that apart from state share, the rectification work under phase-II on National Highways would be completed with around Rs 700 crore by NHAI.

 

The Minister said that 407 more black spots have been identified under phase-II as per the report submitted by SAFE Society. Of which, 292 black spots were identified on National Highways, 96 black spots are on State Highways, ODR, MDR, nine black spot are on village roads and 10 black spots are on municipal roads.

 

Appreciating the work of NHAI and other road owning departments such as PWD (B&R), Local Govt and Punjab Mandi Board, Transport Minister urged them to rectify all the black spots identifies in Phase-II program because of the fact that more than 65 percent of road accidents and fatalities occurs on National and State Highways in the State.

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