In the House, BJP National Co-Treasurer and MP Rajya Sabha Dr. Naresh Bansal raised the issue of landslides, accidents and crash barriers on the hilly national highways of Uttarakhand.

BJP National Co-Treasurer and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Naresh Bansal raised the issue of train accidents occurring on national highways, especially in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand, and the loss of life and property due to it.

Dr. Naresh Bansal keeps raising issues of public interest related to Uttarakhand in the House through different mediums. In this sequence, he raised this serious issue in a starred question.

Bansal, in his question to the Road and Transport Minister in the House, asked for data on how many deaths and how many people were injured in the country including Uttarakhand due to human error and natural disaster and whether such black points have been marked on the national highways in the country including Uttarakhand which prevent accidents. Is it sensitive from the point of view and what is the government doing to prevent road accidents? MP Bansal asked in a supplementary question what steps the government is taking to make the vehicles of international standard and strengthen them.

Dr. Naresh Bansal asked what is being done to treat the black points marked by debris on the national highways of Uttarakhand and on how many highways have crash barriers been installed and how many have not been installed and by when will they be installed?

In response to these questions, Honorable Road and Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari gave the details of the accidents of the last three years and in his reply said that the government is committed to the safety of the citizens traveling on the national highways across the country including Uttarakhand and from time to time The work of making citizens aware on this is done through Road Safety Week and now the Ministry has prepared a road safety policy based on education, engineering, enforcement and emergency care and it has been identified in 5803 across the country and 49 in Uttarakhand, out of which 42 But work has been done and some work remains.

In his reply, the Honorable Minister said that the Central and State Governments are also concerned about the accidents and damages caused on the National Highways due to heavy rains and natural disasters in Uttarakhand and are considering it more seriously and the Government has decided on this. That there is a preparation to deal with this problem comprehensively by using international standards and technology and the government is now considering fixing the responsibility of the construction company for ten years, which will be done soon. The design given will also be of international standard. It will be on standard and their responsibility will also be fixed for ten years.

Honorable Minister Nitin Gadkari said that till now a fund of Rs 726 crore has been released to Uttarakhand for landslide zone maintenance. Construction of road till China border and prevention of landslides and debris from the mountain using world class technologies and crash barrier will be done soon. Construction will be done on all national highways, especially Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts are being worried. Honorable Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari assured that soon this problem will be tackled and stopped by using the best technologies of the country and abroad.