Lok Sabha Question No. 73 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: District Road Safety/Development Committee
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 73

ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBUARY, 2020

## DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY/DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

## *73. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of procedure for holding meetings of District Road Safety/Development Committee in the country;
- (b)     the number of such meetings held in the recent past across the country;
- (c)     whether any such meeting was held in Coimbatore District (Tamil Nadu);
- (d)     if so, the details and the outcome of the last meeting; and
- (e)     if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (e)      A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

(a) Section  215  sub-section  (3)  of  the  Motor  Vehicle  Act,  1988  empowers  the  State Government to constitute District Road Safety Committee for each district in the State. As per  provisions  under  the  Act,  the  Committees  discharges  such  functions  relating  to  Road Safety as are specified by the concerned State Government.

Further, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has also notified a Road Safety Committee in every district to be headed by the Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) in  September, 2017. The Hon'ble Member of Parliament (RS) residing in the district is a special  invitee  of  the  Committee  which  was  renamed  as  'Parliamentary  Constituency Committee for Road Safety' vide notification dated 30.08.2019. Thereafter, the Committee has been renamed as 'Member of Parliaments' Road Safety Committee' vide notification dated  19 th December,  2019.  The  District  Collector  is  the  Member  Secretary  of  the Committee and other concerned departments at district level are members of the Committee. The Committee has to meet at least once in a quarter or at such frequency as it may decide. Minutes of the meeting along with action taken on the decisions of the previous meetings, are to be sent to the Director General of Police, and to the Transport Commissioner of the State.

The terms of reference of the Member of Parliaments' Road Safety Committee are as under:

- (i) Monitoring of road safety activities in the district
- (ii) Monitoring of road accidents' data
- (iii) Identification and study of causes of road accidents
- (iv) To provide suggestions to the National / States Road Safety Council
- (v) Reviewing and monitoring of the work relating to identification & rectification of black spots as per protocol and all road engineering measures
- (vi) Ensuring implementation of road safety standards
- (vii) Create and implement road safety action plan for the district with specific targets for accident/fatality reduction
- (viii) To discuss and strengthen the implementation of 4 E's Programme i.e Education, Enforcement, Emergency care and Engineering
- (ix) Reviewing of the speed limits and traffic calming measures
- (x) Formulation of strategies to motivate Good Samaritans in the district
- (xi) Establishment of traffic park-cum-training centre at town/city and Gram Panchayat in a district
- (xii) Promoting road safety campaign in the District
- (xiii) To discuss any other issue related to road safety

(b)  to  (e)    The  Ministry  does  not  maintain  details  of  meetings  of  District  Road  Safety Committee and Member of Parliaments' Road Safety Committee.

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