Lok Sabha Question No. 1817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Signage and IRC Standards
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SRIRAM MALYADRI, DHARAM VIRA GANDHI, K.R.P. PRABAKARAN

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that in 15 out of 32 cities, more than 30% signages were not as per IRC standards and not a single road, out of 45 km covered in field audit, conducted for Supreme Court Committee by IIT-Delhi, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and DIMTS complied with the IRC standards;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure compliance of IRC standards; and
- (c) whether steps have been taken by the Government to prevent rampant encroachment of footpaths as the above survey highlights 70% encroachment in 19 out of 32 cities, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)  to    (c)      The  Supreme  Court  Committee  on  Road  Safety  has  been  constituted  by  the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition (Civil) No.295 of 2012. The Writ Petition is  subjudice.DIMTS was engaged as consultancy to audit the implementation of the directions issued by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety for 8 Statesviz. Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP. Kerala and Karnataka.The agency has submitted their reports for all the 8 States to the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. As part of the audit four cities in each state, i.e total 32 cities were verified for adherence to road signage's as  per  IRC  standards,  availability  of  footpaths  and  extent  of  encroachments  on  sample basis. About 50kms road length was covered in each city through visual field inspections comprising different road sections. The cities covered and adherence to IRC standards has been given at Annexure-I. The findings of the audit conducted are discussed in detail by the Supreme Court Committee with the concerned State Governments, this Ministry,

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1817

ANSWERED  ON  20 th  DECEMBER, 2018

## SIGNAGE AND  IRC STANDARDS

1817.  SHRI  MALYADRI  SRIRAM: SHRI  DHARAM VIRA: SHRI K.R.P. PRABAKARAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

executive  agencies  i.e.  state  PWD,  NHAI  and  other  stake  holders  and  further  necessary directionsare issued to the States by the Committee.

It is stated that the Ministry develops and maintains the National Highways through various  agencies  such  as  NHAI/  PWD/  BRO/  NHIDCL  etc.  These  agencies  ensure compliance  of  IRC  standards  while  executing  the  NH  projects.  Further,  the  Ministry established Highways administrationsfor National Highways under the control of national Highways  (Land  and  Traffic)  Act,  2002  to  exercise  powers  and  discharge  functions conferred on it under the Act.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1817  FOR ANSWER ON 20-12-2018 ASKED BY SHRI  MALYADRI SRIRAM;SHRI DHARAM VIRA; SHRIK.R.P. PRABAKARAN: REGARDINGSIGNAGE AND IRC STANDARDS.

Status of IRC standards compliance with respect to Road signage's, Road markings, Footpath availability and encroachments on footpaths in the 32 cities audited through DIMTS.

| State         | City             | Road Signage's adherence to IRC standards   | Footpath Availability   | %age of footpaths with Encroachments   |
|---------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Gujarat       | Ahmedabad        | 81%                                         | 66%                     | 89%                                    |
| Gujarat       | Vadodara         | 27%                                         | 7%                      | 7%                                     |
| Gujarat       | Surat            | 63%                                         | 37%                     | 35%                                    |
| Gujarat       | Rajkot           | 0%                                          | 21%                     | 97%                                    |
| Maharashtra   | Mumbai           | 58%                                         | 79%                     | 38%                                    |
| Maharashtra   | Thane            | 54%                                         | 77%                     | 12%                                    |
| Maharashtra   | Pune             | 71%                                         | 91%                     | 14%                                    |
| Maharashtra   | Nagpur           | 47%                                         | 43%                     | 36%                                    |
| Karnataka     | Bengaluru        | 45%                                         | 48%                     | 27%                                    |
| Karnataka     | Mysuru           | 45%                                         | 33%                     | 28%                                    |
| Karnataka     | Hubli            | 92%                                         | 13%                     | 44%                                    |
| Karnataka     | Kalaburgi        | 93%                                         | 7%                      | 26%                                    |
| Kerala        | Thiruvanthapuram | 88%                                         | 54%                     | 8%                                     |
| Kerala        | Kollam           | 76%                                         | 27%                     | 32%                                    |
| Kerala        | Kochi            | 71%                                         | 46%                     | 5%                                     |
| Kerala        | Kozhikode        | 81%                                         | 14%                     | 9%                                     |
| Haryana       | Faridabad        | 69%                                         | 15%                     | 77%                                    |
| Haryana       | Gurugram         | 66%                                         | 34%                     | 66%                                    |
| Haryana       | Hisar            | 42%                                         | 25%                     | 89%                                    |
| Haryana       | Rohtak           | 90%                                         | 5%                      | 67%                                    |
| Punjab        | Amritsar         | 76%                                         | 63%                     | 79%                                    |
| Punjab        | Jalandhar        | 88%                                         | 41%                     | 66%                                    |
| Punjab        | Ludhiana         | 96%                                         | 22%                     | 44%                                    |
| Punjab        | Patiala          | 100%                                        | 17%                     | 10%                                    |
| Rajasthan     | Jaipur           | 76%                                         | 65%                     | 45%                                    |
| Rajasthan     | Kota             | 41%                                         | 33%                     | 38%                                    |
| Rajasthan     | Jodhpur          | 66%                                         | 11%                     | 23%                                    |
| Rajasthan     | Bikaner          | 88%                                         | 3%                      | 15%                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow          | 84%                                         | 37%                     | 31%                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur           | 82%                                         | 16%                     | 58%                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra             | 71%                                         | 9%                      | 69%                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad        | 57%                                         | 38%                     | 43%                                    |

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