Road Safety Measures to Improve Safety of Commuters
The
Government is aware of the problem of Road Safety which is reflected in
number of road accidents and fatalities in the country. The Ministry of
Road Transport & Highways is undertaking various measures to improve
the road safety as detailed as under:
i. The Government has approved a National Road Safety Policy. This
Policy outlines various policy measures such as promoting awareness,
encouraging safer road infrastructure including application of
intelligent transport, enforcement of safety laws trauma care etc.
ii. The Government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as
the apex body to take policy decisions in matters of road safety.
iii. The Ministry has requested all States/UTs for setting up of State
Road Safety Council and District Road Safety Committees, and to hold
their meetings regularly.
iv. The Ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the
issue of road safety based on 4 ‘E’s viz. Education, Engineering (both
of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care. Based on this, a
draft action plan has been shared with the states.
v. Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.
vi. Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways has been taken up.
vii. High priority has been accorded to identification and rectification
of black spots (accident prone spots) on national highways. A total of
789 such black spots have been identified for improvement.
viii. The threshold for four Laning of national highway has been reduced
from 15,000 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) to 10,000 PCUs. About 52,000 Km
of stretches of State Highways has been identified for conversion to
national highways.
ix. Setting up of model driving training institutes in States and
refresher training to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized
sector.
x. Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.
xi. Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, Power-steering, anti-lock braking system etc.
xii. Providing cranes and ambulances to various State Governments under
the National Highway Accident Relief Service Scheme for development on
National Highways. National Highways Authority of India also provides
ambulances at a distance of 50 Km. on each of its completed stretches of
National Highways under its Operation & Maintenance contracts.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport
and Highways Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in written reply to a question in
Lok Sabha today.
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