Number of road accidents rose to 4.12 lakh in 2021, says Gadkari

New Delhi, Dec 22: The number of road accidents in the country rose to 4,12,432 in 2021 from 3,66,138 in 2020, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
The road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that the number of road accidents reported in the country in 2019 was 4,49,002.
The minister noted that the ministry has taken major initiatives based on road engineering to restructure and strengthen road safety in the country.
Replying to a separate question, Gadkari said the ministry is not considering shutting down any ongoing National Highway (NH) project.
“However, in some cases, projects that are delayed substantially due to some reason(s), are either foreclosed or terminated on caseto case basis and those projects are usually re-awarded subsequently as separate work,” he said. (PTI)