Black spots: M’laya tops the list among NE states

NEW DELHI:  Tamil Nadu has the dubious distinction of shared honours with Uttar Pradesh in having the highest number of black spots in its National Highways based on large number of fatal accidents between 2011-13 according to a report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Both Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have one hundred black spots each and had reported highest number of fatal accidents in the country during this period. Karnataka follows the list 86 black spots followed by Telangana 71.
The states that have reported zero black spots include Goa, Punjab,Tripura and Uttarkhand. Meghalaya has reported eight black spots, which is higher compared to other Northeastern states.
This statistics came to light a day after  an early morning trip to Mylliem undertaken by three persons turned fatal for NEHU Deputy Registrar Jaya Bhattacharjee.
In Meghalaya, while two black spots are unidentified, six are to be investigated to take long-term measures to reduce the accidents as per the report.
While Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim have zero black spots,  Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland have one each.
Interestingly, the bigger states like Andhra Pradesh has only 8 black spots like Meghalaya followed by Jammu and Kashmir with  7, Himachal Pradesh(5) and Orissa (10).
In whole country, there are as many as  726 black spots with Delhi recording 13.
Meghalaya has not identified spots for taking long term measures in the proposed road projects.