Topics. Road Network Road Development Schemes New Initiatives taken by the Government Asian Highway in INDIA Road Safety Issues

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1 6 th Meeting of the Working Group on Asian Highway Network and Joint ESCAP- Korea Expressway Corporation Seminar on Asian Highway Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3-5 November 2015 Presentation By PRADEEP KUMAR SHAKYA Regional Officer & Superintending Engineer Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Gandhinagar,Gujarat 1

2 Topics Road Network Road Development Schemes New Initiatives taken by the Government Asian Highway in INDIA Road Safety Issues 2

3 Road Network in the Country India has about lakh kilometer s of Road Network, which is the second largest in the world. National Highway s State Highway s Other roads : 1,00,087 Km. : 1,48,256 Km. : 49,83,579 Km. 3

4 National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) The Government launched National Highway Development Programme to upgrade and strengthen National Highways through various phases of NHDP. The phase-wise details of NHDP are as follows :- Sl. No. NHDP Component Total Length (KM) 1 NHDP phase I (GQ, port connectivity, others) Estimate Cost ( In Million $) 7, NS EW Corridors 6, NHDP phase III 12, NHDP phase IV 20, NHDP phase V 6, NHDP phase VI 1, NHDP phase VII Total 54,478 38,

5 Source for funding for NHDP The NHDP is proposed to be funded from cess collected from Petrol & Diesel (as per Central Road Fund Act, 2014), amount collected from toll apart from External Assistance, Internal & Extra Budgetary Recourses (IEBR) and private sector Investment. 5

6 Improvement of Road Connectivity in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas Total length covered in the Scheme : Km National Highway s State Road s Cost :-1126 Km :-4351 Km :- $1123 million 6

7 Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North- Eastern region (SARDP-NE) Road Length Cost Road Length Cost Phase A : Km :- $3352 million Phase B : Km :- $10 million 7

8 Arunachal Pradesh Package Road Length Cost : Km :- $1800 million 8

9 National Highway Inter-connectivity Improvement Programme (NHIIP) under proposed World Bank Loan Assistance About 1,120 km length of NHs are proposed to be improved to 2-lane NH standards following corridor development approach under the World Bank Loan Assistance in Phase-I. It is envisaged Loan Agreement for Phase-I (1,120 km under first tranches of Loan Assistance of US$ 500 Million) was signed with World Bank on 1 July,

10 New Initiatives Hybrid Annuity Model From last 3 years, the highway sector is going through a difficult phase. Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects through Build Operate Transfer (BOT) (Toll) mode are not able to attract bids. Reason for poor or no response to the bids for BOT(Toll) road projects was acute shortage of equity and over leveraged and deeply stressed balance sheet of the prospective developers. Private equity fund and other players were not willing to fund the equity requirements of new or under construction PPP projects. 10

11 Hybrid Annuity Model For want of suitable empowerment, Authority was not able to pro-actively and dynamically manage the Concession Agreements even in situations where underlying conditions have undergone a drastic change. To fill the infrastructure deficiency in the country, the mode of implementation of highways projects shifted to Engineering Procurement Mode(EPC). On EPC mode, about 7,970 km length has been covered in one year period. 11

12 Operation, Maintenance and Transfer (OMT) mechanism for NHs: Earlier the maintenance of road stretches implemented through public funds was being done separately through short term Operation and Maintenance Contracts funded from budgetary resources. User fee was being collected through different agencies on annual contract basis. 12

13 Under the new policy, maintenance of all sections of Highways are outsourced to a private entity for a definite time period (4 to 9 years) on Operate, Maintenance and Transfer (OMT) basis, whether publicly funded or under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with private funds, whose concession period have expired and which are not likely to qualify for further lane up gradation. 13

14 Electronic toll collection system : At present there are some problems in collecting tolls. BOT (Toll), BOT(Annuity) and Public Funded Projects have different Toll collecting agencies, which is an impediment for an uniform acceptable standard of service to the commuters. There is congestion and crowding of vehicles at toll booths leading to wastage of time and fuel etc. In order to remove the bottlenecks and ensure seamless movement of traffic and collection of toll as per the notified rates, Government had constituted a committee on Electronic Toll Collection technology for use on National level. This Committee's mandate was to examine all technologies available for ETC and recommend the most suitable technology for local conditions 14

15 Introduction of X 7 Toll free Helpline for National Highways Users An initiative of MoRTH and NHAI Reporting of Accidents Any complaint of overcharging of Toll Blockage of National Highway due to any reasons Reporting of deficiencies in maintenance of stretch 15

16 Way Side Amenities India has a network of over 100,087km of National Highways connecting all the State Capitals and major cities in the country. With the rising levels of income, there is an increase in the sale of passenger vehicles. National Highways carry about 40% of the road traffic. Though there is improvement in the quality of Highways, the facilities along the Highways are either not available or are inadequate. Non- availability of proper resting places along National Highways leads to fatigue and is also one of the causes of road accidents on the National Highways 16

17 Problem and Challenges being faced by the Ministry and action being taken Some National Highway projects have been delayed mainly due to land acquisition, utility shifting, non availability of soil/aggregate, poor performance of contractors, environment/forest/wildlife clearances, ROB & RUB issues with Railways, public agitation for additional facilities, arbitration/contractual disputes with contractors etc. In order to ensure timely completion of the projects, regular meetingsareheldwithprojectdevelopers,stategovernments and contractors. Regular review meetings are held in Head Quarter by Ministry/ NHAI with Regional Officers, concessionaires /contractors to make the construction of projects hassle free. 17

18 To expedite completion of these projects various steps are taken which include streamlining of land acquisition & environment clearances, exit for equity investors, premium re scheduling, close coordination with other Ministries, revamping of dispute resolution mechanism, frequent reviews at various levels etc. A real time on line monitoring system, e Samiksha has been set up by the Cabinet Secretariat for monitoring of follow up action on the decisions taken during the presentations made by different Ministries/Departments to the Hon ble Prime Minister periodically 18

19 Also, the portal PRAGATI (pragati.nic.in), i.e. Pro Active Governance and Timely Implementation, has been set up by the Prime Minister s Office. The portal is aimed at addressing the Common man s grievances and monitoring important programmesandprojects.thehon bleprimeminister,himself, reviews the progress of important infrastructure projects periodically with inputs from the nodal Ministries/Departments and State Governments, etc., hosted on the Portal. Both these portals, also, discuss the Centre Sate Coordination issues within the platform for facilitating better cohesive approach of resolving the outstanding bottlenecks. 19

20 Asian Highway Map 20

21 Neighboring Countries Connected with the Asian Highway s in index Bangladesh Bhutan Mayanmar Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka 13 21

22 Status of the Asian Highway in INDIA Classification Primary 90 Length (Km) Class I Class II Class III 782 Below Class I Total Length Signage installation work is going on and nearing completion. 13

23 Road Safety Scenario in India Problems & Solutions 13 23

24 Our Roads, Vehicles, People

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26 Global Plan ROAD SAFETY Five Pillars Road safety management Safer roads and mobility Safer vehicles Safer road users Post crash response 26

27 Pillar-1 Road Safety Management Strengthen institutional capacity to further national road safety efforts. Pillar-2 Safer Roads & Mobility Improve the safety of road networks for the benefit of all road users, especially VRUs. Pillar-3 Safer Vehicles Improve vehicle safety by encouraging harmonization of relevant global standards and Mechanisms. Pillar-4 Safer Road Users Develop comprehensive programmes to improve road user behaviour Pillar-5 Post-crash Response Improve health and other systems to provide appropriate emergency treatment and longer-term rehabilitation for crash victims. 27

28 Decade of Action for Road Safety : saving millions of lives Projected increase without action 0.8 million lives saved Projected reduction if action taken

29 Road Accident Fatality Statistics for India World Health Organization Global Status Report on Road Safety India leads the world in Road accident deaths. China is number 2. Number of people killed in India = 1,42,485/year. One fatal accident every 3.7 minutes = 16 people die every hour in India which equals to 390 deaths happening every day. One accident every minute. Causes: Speed, Drunken Driving, Low use of helmets, Seat belts, child restraints, lack of enforcement, bad roads Trucks and Two wheelers contribute for 40% of these fatal accidents. 29

30 Road Accidents : A Snapshot Emergence of Road Traffic Injuries (RTI s) a leading cause of Deaths & Disabilities India : 2011 Accidents 4.97 lakh (annual) (1 every minute) Deaths 1,42,485 (one death every 3.7 minutes) Accidents impose significant costs 3% GDP for India ( ) 1% GNP for low income countries 1.5 % GNP for middle income countries 2% GNP for high income countries 30

31 India: Incidence of Road Accidents Rise in number of accidents, injuries & deaths per lakh of population Reflects rise in motor vehicle population, increase in duration & number of travel trips with rise in income Sharp decline in number of accidents, injuries, & deaths per 10,000 vehicles Reflects improved crash worthiness vehicles & occupant protection better enforcement Rise in number of accidents, injuries & deaths per 10,000 km Reflects higher exposure to risk due to heterogeneous nature of traffic, lack of traffic separation etc. 31

32 Road Safety (RS) Coordination: Lack of Institutional Mechanism both at Centre & States RS multidimensional and multi-sectoral in nature Existence of large number of agencies at the Central and State level makes coordination a challenging task - MORTH administers the MV Act but States its enforcement is with - Road building/engineering with DG(Roads) and NHAI but building codes/manual with IRCC - vehicle testing/engineering with M/o Heavy Industry - emergency/trauma care with M/o Health - RS awareness/education with MORTH - weak institutional capacity for RS in MORTH NRSC presently serves as a recommendatory policy making body. 32

33 Steps taken by Central Government to improve road safety National Road Safety Policy approved. National Road Safety Council constituted. All States/UTs requested to set up State Road Safety Councils and District Road Safety Committees. Adoption of a multi pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on 4 Es of Road Safety: (i) Education (ii) Enforcement (iii) Engineering (roads as well as vehicles) (iv) Emergency care. 33

34 Strategies needed to improve Road Safety Setting up of State Road Safety Councils and District Committees, Setting up of Road Safety Fund at State level and setting aside 50 per cent fines collected for traffic violations for this fund, Replication of Tamil Nadu model for implementation of Road Accident Data Management System (RADMS), Identification of black spots and treatment thereof, Action against over-loading, action against drunken driving and removal of liquor shops on NHs, 34

35 Strategies needed to improve Road Safety Enforcement of use of seat belt in cars & ISI helmets by 2 wheelers; Developing emergency medical services by having a 24X7 call centre with a dedicated common telephone number; Road accident crash investigation, Conspicuity of non-transport vehicles during night time by fixing reflective tapes, Compulsory training before issuance of permanent driving license for commercial vehicle drivers Improvement of Vahan & Sarathi software to capture legacy data, traffic violations,detection of fake licences; Put in place objective & mandatory system of vehicle fitness. 35

36 Identification & Rectification of Black Spots Top black spots identified by 16 States: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Of these States, 13 States account for more than 90% of road accident fatalities. Rectification of black spots during

37 Enforcement Strengthen penalties/fines (amendment in MVA) Stringent check of overloading - Empower police to check overloading - Mandatory registration of criminal cases in overloading Ensure use of road safety devices (helmets, belts, etc.) Heavy penalty for drunken driving -conviction under section 185 of MVA should leadto imprisonment and suspension of driving licences Overcrowded passenger vehicles should culminatein cancellation of permits. School buses annual fitness checks to be mandatory. 37

38 Emergency Medical Services Need for a National Accident Relief Policy to ensure: - prompt relief - free trauma care - training of-police, teachers, paramedics etc Unified Free National Medical Distress Call Number Monitoring and periodic audit of Accident Relief Services Provide crash rescue vehicles. 38

39 Driver Training Vital for success of road safety as 78% of road accidents caused by drivers fault Present driver training infrastructure inadequate MORTH provides financial assistance for IDTR -13 such institutes were set up during 10 th Plan and 9 in the 11 th Plan - setting up more IDTR proposed in XII FYP - viable option to set up such institutes under PPPmode Make issue of driving licence objective/non discretionary 39

40 Road Design/Vehicle Fitness Make road design standards and guidelines consistent with safety requirements & international best practices. All State/National Highways to carry pavement markings and road signs as per IRC standards Institutionalize courses for RS Auditors - Certification courses for RS Auditors Subject entire network of NH/SH to RSA Accident investigation - streamline data collection through GPS/computer interface - need for road accident reconstruction/investigation. Introduce mandatory Inspection & Certification (I&C) for all categories of vehicles in use in a phased manner 40

41 Right Attitude for Road Safety We frequently blame hardware or the machine we are driving in, but the fact is that it is the software, the driver s brain that is the real culprit behind majority of accidents. 41

42 Do we learn any lesson from these tragic accidents? PROBABLY NOT! Whenever we come across a tragic accident on roads while driving, we become scared and drive very carefully. BUT alas, only for a short time! And after some time we start driving with the same speed and style. 42

43 Similarly, we do shiver on seeing some ghastly scenes of accidents BUT only for a few minutes and after some time we get on with our lives thinking it is a part and parcel of life and can t be helped. 43

44 Our misconceptions : No one can change our destiny Some people believe that no one can change their destiny and everyone has to die one day and in a manner predestined by God. We also try to convince ourselves that besides accidents so many other dangers are lurking in our lives. It is a lame and irrational excuse to cover up our risk taking behavior. It is up to us to mould our destiny. It is our attitude towards life that largely determines our fate. 44

45 At the end, please realize that it is the attitude which is important to prevent road accidents and make our roads safe. Let us take a pledge to make our cities safe and more livable. 45

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