Lok Sabha Question No. 84 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Mobile Application for Road Safety
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 84

ANSWERED ON 2 ND     FEBRUARY, 2017

## MOBILE APPLICATION FOR ROAD SAFETY

## 84. SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

## SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

( a) whether the Government proposes to roll out two mobile application in order to bolster road safety and facilitate citizen interactions;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said application will be launched;

(c) whether the Government proposes to involve corporate players and seek their support for the cause of promoting road safety; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the other steps taken/proposed to be taken by the  Government for road safety and customer facilitation?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)&(b)  Ministry of Road Transport & Highways launched  two new mobile application 'mPARIVAHAN' and ''eCHALLAN''.

'mPARIVAHAN' is primarily meant for common citizen and transport operators who can access various transport related services like payment of Road Tax, applying for various services, take appointment with Road Transport Office, upload document etc.

''eCHALLAN''  is  an  app  developed  on  android  platform  and  is  complemented  by  a  web application.  The prime users are the Transport Enforcement officers and the Traffic Police personnel.

(c) & (d) The Ministry has taken up the matter with Ministry of Corporate Affairs for inclusion of road safety activities  as  a  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR).    The    road  safety  activities  has  been  included  in schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 as part of (CSR). Road Safety activities falls  within the purview of 'Education' in that schedule.  During Road Safety Week 2017, the Ministry held a meeting  with Corporates to discuss and received commitments to work on Road Safety.  The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent   road accidents as per details mentioned 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.

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