Lok Sabha Question No. 890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: NGOs for Road Safety
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Govemment has reduced the priority  of road safety in the country including North East States  by ignoring  reasonable  road sifety  suggestions  from different  noted  organisations;
- (b)  if so. the details thereofalong  with the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether some NGOS are involved  in the field of road safety as a group of extemal  stakeholders of National  Highways Authority of India (l'{HAI);
- (d)  if so. the details thereof; and
- (e)  the work taken bY these NGOs three years and the current  Year? and the funds  allocated  and released  to them during  the last

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b): No Sir, the road safety is on topmost priority of the Ministry.  The Ministry  implements ,uriou,  ..},"*.,  on road safety such as p,rblicity  measures and awareness  campaign on Road Safety through electronic  and print media  to create  awareness  among  road users, setting  up- institutes for Jrivirig training institutes, Setting up of inspection  and certification  centres, Road Safety week and taken mutti-pr'onged efforts foi strengthening  automobile  safety  standards,  improving  road infrastructure.  strJngthening  enforcement. Besides,  the Ministry  has also launched  a scheme for grant of financial  asiistance  to NGOs for administering  "Road Safety Advocacy" in the Financial iear (Fy) 2017-t  8. Under this Scheme,  proposals  for road safety  advocacy  programmes  through 203 different Non-Govemmental  organisations(NGOs)/Trusts/Cooperative Societies have been sanctioned in FY 2018-19.  Out of these 203 organisations  3 organisations belong  to North East India.

(c)  & (d): Yes sir. National  Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have been involving some NCOs io .ur.y out various activities/programmes  including the following  subjects in the field of road safety:-

- (i) Raising  road safety consciousness  among  the road users;
- (ii) Organisation of camps for vision testing/distribution  of spectacles for the drivers of Commercial Vehicles;
- (iii) Publicity campaign on road safety;
- (iv) Publication ofpopular  literature  on road safety;

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT  & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 890

ANSWERED  ON 27TH JLNNE.2OIg

## NGOS FOR ROAD SAFETY

## 890. SHRI KRIPA NATH MALLAH:

## Will the Minister  of ROAD TRANSPORT  AND HIGHWAYS

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- (v) organizing  quiz competitions, essay competitions. painting  competitions, for school/college

students; (vi) Cultural  activities/  events promoting road safety, such as puppet shows/plays; (vii) Organizing seminars  on road safety. (vii) Good Samaritans.

- (viii) Some of the NGOs who have been involved  in various  road safety activities of NHAI viz. free eye check up camp! road safety awareness campaign  etc. during the Road safety  week in various  parts of the countrY.
- (e) No funds has been released by this Ministry to any NGO for Road Safety advocacy during the last three years and the current  year  till date.