BHUBANESWAR: The number of black spots prone to road accidents on National Highways of the State has been reduced to 12.
Responding to several queries from Sundargarh MP Jual Oram, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha that the Ministry has identified 789 black spots (accident-prone places) in National Highways and Expressways across the country and 12 of them are in Odisha.He said four out of 12 black spots have been rectified.
As per information received from the States, as many as 54,046 persons were killed in 2018.
