LOK SABHA
To ensure smooth
traffic on National Highways, the ‘Control of National Highways
(Land and Traffic) Act, 2002’ has been enacted. This Act provides
for control of land within the National Highways, right of way
and traffic moving on the National Highways and also for removal
of unauthorised occupation thereon.
The Act provides
for constituting Highway Administrations consisting of one or
more officers of the Central Government or the State Government
to exercise the powers and discharge the functions conferred
on them by the aforesaid Act, which includes removal of encroachment
and control of traffic.
A non-recurring
expenditure of Rs.58.11 crore and a recurring expenditure of
Rs.26.21 crore per annum is estimated to be incurred in this
regard by the Central Government. No expenditure on this account
shall be borne by the State Governments.
National Highways
Tribunals each consisting of one person to be known as its Presiding
Officer, shall be established by the Central Government to hear
the appeals against the orders passed by the Highway Administrations
and the jurisdiction of all the courts (except the Supreme Court
and the High Court exercising Jurisdiction under Articles 226
and 227 of the Constitution) shall be barred from the date the
Act comes into force.
This information was given by the
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Road Transport and
Highways, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri in a written reply
to a question of Shri Ram Prasad Singh in Lok Sabha today.
