HI-TECH SAFETY SYSTEMS ON HIGHWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
Total
number of fatalities in road accidents on National Highways during
the year 2001 was 28944(provisional). Number of accidents on National
Highways per 1000 vehicles has been consistently declining.
Government of
India has been undertaking a number of engineering and educational
measures to prevent road accidents. Some of the important steps
taken by the Government besides highway design to check the road
accidents are as under :
- Cranes and ambulances are provided
to various State Governments/NGOs under National Highway Accident
Relief Service Scheme.
- Grants-in-aid to voluntary organisations
for administering road safety programmes.
- Publicity campaign on road safety
awareness through audio-visual-print media.
- Encouraging use of simulators
in driver’s training.
- Institution of National Award
for voluntary organisations/individual for outstanding work
in the field of road safety.
- Organising All India Essay Competition
on road safety for school children with a view to create awareness.
- Tightening of fitness norms
for transport vehicles.
- Widening and improvement of
National Highways etc.
Highway Traffic Management
System (HTMS) has been installed by National Highways Authority
of India between km 162 to km 248 on the Kotputli-Amer Section
of NH-8 with following facilities:
- Emergency call boxes at intervals
of every 2 km.
- Close circuit Television Camera
at 6 locations.
- Variable messaging signs at
6 locations.
- Video incident detection systems.
The extension of
the HTMS depends upon the requirement for such system as also
the availability of funds and inter-se priority.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways,
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in a written reply to a question of Shri
Abu Asim Azmi in Rajya Sabha today.
