BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has urged the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to provide funds to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for the rectification of black spots on national highways that are responsible for 27 per cent of road accidents and 30 per cent fatalities in the state.
In a letter to the Union secretary of MoRTH Anurag Jain, state principal secretary of Commerce and Transport Usha Padhee requested to place special funds with the regional office of NHAI, Odisha for rectification of black spots. Of the 1.68 lakh deaths in road accidents in the country in 2022, as many as 5,467 deaths occurred in the state and thousands of others suffered debilitating injuries.
