Lok Sabha Question No. 1467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Traffic Problem
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1467

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2016/ SHRAVANA 4, 1938 (SAKA)

TRAFFIC PROBLEM

†1467. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  problems of  traffic  jams  are  on  the  rise  day  by  day  in  the country including the NCT of Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons there for;
- (c)  whether  wrong  plying  and  parking  of  commercial  as  well  as passengers vehicles on road is the main reason for the traffic jams;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e)  the  number  of  deaths  which  have  taken  place  in  ambulances themselves before reaching the hospitals due to traffic jams during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to provide training/assistance to the State traffic police personnel including Delhi Traffic Police personnel to control traffic jams; and
- (g) the other measures taken by the Government to control traffic jams in the country including the NCT of Delhi?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (b): Urban  Transport  is  closely  related  to  Urban  Development.

Details  about  the  traffic  jams  are  not  maintained centrally.  National

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Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC) report, suggests that the main reason for traffic jams is declining quality public transport, Non Motorized Transport (NMT) and increasing use of private vehicles.

(c) & (d):  Wrong plying and parking of commercial as well as passengers vehicles on road is one of the  reasons for the traffic jams.  The Ministry of  Urban  Development  has  issued  National  Urban  Transport  Policy (NUTP)-2006  in  which  it  has  advised  for  dedicated  lanes  for  public transport such as buses & BRT.  Wrong parking is an enforcement issue, which is the responsibility of local Administration.

(e):    No such data is maintained centrally.

(f): Under  the  Sustainable  Urban  Transport  Project,  the  Ministry  of Urban Development has organized 38 training programmes including 15 international  programs  for  the  city  officials  related  to  the  transport sector  wherein  more  than  3600  officers,  including  police  and  traffic officers have been trained in the programmes.

(g): The  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  constituted  a  High  Level Committee on Decongesting Traffic in Delhi.  Report of the committee is available  on  website  www.moud.gov.in.  The  Committee  recommended four pronged strategy to decongest Delhi by:-

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- (i) Improving public transport and disincentivizing use of  private vehicles,
- (ii) Road Safety & Traffic Management,
- (iii) Enhancing Institutional Capacity;  and
- (iv) Transit Oriented Development.

An advisory on congestion charges has also been issued to States Governments on 15 th January 2013 by the Ministry of Urban Development.

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