Schemes worth Rs 14,000 cr afoot to remove black spots from roads: Gadkari
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the Centre was working on Rs 14,000 crore schemes with the assistance of the World Bank and Asian Development Bank to remove “black spots” from roads which were vulnerable to accidents.
Answering queries during question hour in Lok Sabha, Gadkari stated “black spots” will be identified on different roads including national highways, state highways and municipal roads.
He said that the ministry had given Rs 7,000 crore project to World Bank and Rs 7000 crore scheme to Asian Development Bank and added that India witnesses the highest number of deaths in road accidents in the world while there were countries with near-zero accidents.
