22-03-2014, 04:31 PM
ICT’s AND IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY………….
Road Safety
National Road Safety Council under the Chairmanship of Union Minister of RT&H meets regularly to formulate policies and plans to mitigate road accidents.
Education
Awareness campaign through print & electronic media, organization of road safety week, distribution of road safety awards, seminars, engagement with schools and universities
Driving training, refresher training, training to trainers
Improvements in issue of driving licence
Engineering
Road Safety Audit: Identification and remedy of black spots
Making road safety an integral part of design to enhance safety
of Vulnerable Road Users
Ensuring fitness of vehicles: Automated Inspection & Certification Centres
ICT Initiatives
Electronic Toll Collection: by 2014 , on all NHs, toll collection would be through ETC system based on RFID technology.
Presently Pilot projects on Zirakpur- Parwanoo, Mumbai- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru- Chennai stretches undertaken.
e-Procurement and e-Tendering: has been introduced for the projects under NHDP being executed by the NHAI.
All concession agreements and the details of Consultants etc. have been put in the public domain on NHAI web site.
Facebook based system has been created allowing direct comments from people and redressal of grievances.
Road Information System, GIS based Asset Management System (GIS-AMS)and use of Satellite Imagery System (SIS) for monitoring projects in far- flung and inaccessible areas.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): steps undertaken for procurement and commissioning of the system in MoRTH & NHAI.
E-Office being implemented in Ministry
Challenges - Financing
Financial closures have not been easy to come by in recent times.
High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure set up under Mr. Deepak Parekh has recently submitted its report.
New innovative financing models are being explored:
Re-inventing the role of IIFCL to facilitate credit enhancement and takeout financing.
Infrastructure Debt Fund
Introduction of tax-free Infrastructure Bonds