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: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) submitted a zero-hour announcement successful the Rajya Sabha seeking a treatment connected the request for beardown nationalist laws and accountability for harmless roads crossed India, highlighting the increasing fig of roadworthy accidents caused by potholes and mediocre roadworthy attraction crossed the country.
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In his announcement to the Upper House, Mr. Singh cited the alarming emergence successful accidents and fatalities nationwide and stressed that citizens are paying the terms for negligence successful infrastructure and governance. Quoting authoritative data, Mr. Singh said, "According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' Road Accidents successful India - 2023 report, astir 4.8 lakh roadworthy accidents were recorded nationwide successful 2023, resulting successful the nonaccomplishment of astir 1.72 lakh lives that is, 1 decease each 3 minutes connected average.
This reflects a emergence of 4.2% successful accidents and 2.6% successful fatalities compared to the erstwhile year. "Of sedate interest is that successful 2023 alone, 2,161 radical died owed to potholes, marking an summation of astir 16.4% implicit the erstwhile year. Uttar Pradesh accounts for much than fractional of these deaths, highlighting asevere situation successful roadworthy attraction and information wrong the State. “
Moreover, these figures apt underestimate the existent toll, arsenic galore accidents and resultant fatalities spell unreported, leaving families without justness oregon compensation," it further read. To underline the seriousness of the issue, helium referred to the decease of a three-year-old kid successful a pothole-related mishap connected a nationalist road adjacent Delhi, adding that the household is inactive waiting for accountability.
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Through his Zero Hour notice, Mr. Singh demanded to framework a wide accountability model to guarantee that contractors, task managers, and authorities officials areheld criminally accountable for deaths oregon superior injuries caused by unsafe roads. He besides called for enacting beardown nationalist laws to warrant speedy justness for victims and their families. "This accountability indispensable use to each roads crossed the country, including nationalist highways, State highways, metropolis roads, agrarian roads, and section streets," the announcement read.
Sanjay Singh requested the Chair's support to rise the contented during zero hour, saying the substance concerns nationalist information and the close of citizens to question without fear. Meanwhile, respective papers volition beryllium laid connected the array of the Lok Sabha connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) during the ongoing Budget Session by assorted ministries.
