Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari on June 5, 2020 launched the UNDP national awareness campaign on ‘Prevention of Human and Animal Mortality on Highways’ via video conference on the occasion of World Environment Day.
- India witnesses nearly five lakh road accidents every year, in which about 1.5 lakh lives are lost.
- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has identified over five thousand black spots, and the process for their rectification including temporary and permanent measures is being carried out on urgent basis. SOPs regarding procedure for rectification of black spots for taking up short-term and long-term permanent measures have already been issued.
