According to a data revealed by the Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Ravindra Chavan said in the state Assembly on Thursday, August 18, more than 1,500 people lost their lives in road accidents on Mumbai-Goa highway between 2012 and 2022.
Chavan made this statement while speaking at the Maharashtra assembly session where he gave a written reply during a discussion through a calling attention notice by Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Prabhu.
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"From 2012 to 2022, a total of 6,692 accidents took place on the Mumbai-Goa highway and 1,512 people lost their lives," the minister was quoted as saying by PTI.
The potholes on this road will be filled by August 25, so that devotees going to Konkan for Ganeshotsav do not face any problem, after which an inspection tour will be done, reports stated.
"The state government is trying to complete the construction of the highway by December 2023," he added.
The lane widening work of the highway has been going on since many years.
On the other hand, it had come to light that of the total road accidents taken in Maharashtra, more than 45 per cent of road accidents have been reported in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, in 2021, on an average 36 people lost their lives daily in Maharashtra in road accidents.
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