More than 1,500 people lost their lives in road accidents on Mumbai-Goa highway between 2012 and 2022, Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Ravindra Chavan said in the state Assembly on Thursday.
Chavan gave a written reply during a discussion through a calling attention notice by Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Prabhu.
“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 said.
“The state government is trying to complete the construction of the highway by December 2023,” he added.
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The lane widening work of the highway has been going on since many years.
