Jammu, Jul 23: There are 74 accident-prone black corridors in the twin Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, with Jammu district topping the list with 30 such large high-risk zones.
The information has been shared by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari, in response to a question by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP DrSasmit Patra in the Lower House.
He also informed the House in another reply that during the period from 2020 to 2024, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 10251 road accidents, claiming 1350 lives and rendering 10690 persons injured.
In case of black corridors, the reply mentions that there are 73 accident-prone black corridors in ten districts of J&K and one is in Kargil district in Ladakh district.
As per the reply, Samba district has 14 such zones – the second highest number of black corridors, while there are 13 such high-risk zones in Kathua district followed by Reasi and Udhampur districts with four zones each; Srinagar with three zones; Rajouri with two zones and Baramulla, Kulgam with one zone each. One black corridor lies between Samba and Jammu districts.
With regard to accident statistics, it was informed that 258 people died in 2020 in 1512 accidents; 268 in 2021 in 1899 accidents; 259 in 2022 in 2378 accidents; 294 in 2342 accidents in 2023 and 271 in 2024 in 2120 accidents.
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