Chandigarh, May 6 -- In some good news for commuters, two notorious black spots in the city -- Transport Light Point in Sector 26 and Shastri Light Point in Manimajra -- have been removed from the list of high-risk traffic zones. The city is, however, still left with three black spots -- Kalagram Light Point, Airport Light Point, and Poultry Farm Chowk, which have together 25 fatal mishaps in the last three years.

A black spot, as per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, is a 500-metre stretch where either five accidents, involving fatalities or grievous injuries, have taken place or 10 fatalities have been reported in the last three years.

The city had managed to bring down the number of black spots from 15 between 2016 to 2019...