Lok Sabha Question No. 1913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Fitness and Pollution Centres
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1913 ANSWERED ON 5 TH  MAY, 2016

## FITNESS AND POLLUTION CENTRES

## 1913.       DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to target to cover about 3,000 km. of roads this year to reduce the number of accidents;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  will  also  open  3,000  training,  fitness  and  pollution  centres  to train drivers; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)    Road  accident  black  spots  are  identified  and  notified  based  on  fatalities  on  National Highways.    Road  Safety  audits  are  carried  out  as  part  of  the  development  project  or separately.    Safety  concerns  identified  through  Audits  and  identified  road  accident  black spots are rectified which is an ongoing continuous process.  No separate target of 3000 km or such other limit is fixed as target for this year.
- (b) & (c)    Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has two schemes  one each for setting up of  Institute  of  Driving  Training  and  Research  (IDTR)  and  automated  Inspection  and Certification (I & C ) Centre.)  During 12 th Plan, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has set a target to set up 10 IDTRs, 25 Regional Driving Training Centres (RDTC) and 10 I & C Centre.  Priority  will  be  given  to  those  States  where  no  IDTR  /  I  &  C  Centre  have  been sanctioned earlier.  Till date, Ministry has sanctioned 4 IDTR to be set up one each in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Telangana and Maharashtra and 6  I & C Centre to be set  up  one  each  in  the  States  of  West  Bengal,  Odisha,  Kerala,  Punjab,  Chhattisgarh  and Sikkim during 12 th Plan. The details of IDTR and I & C Centre are annexed.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1913  ANSWERED  ON  5.5.2016  ASKED      DR.  P. VENUGOPAL REGARDING FITNESS AND POLLUTION CENTRES

## Driver Training Institute (DTI) sanctioned during 10 th Five Year Plan

|   S. No. | Name of the Driving Training Institute .                              | Status (functional or not)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Driving Training Institute, Betkuchi, Assam                           | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        2 | Krishna District Lorry Owners' Association Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        3 | Hagaribommanahalli, Bellary, Distt. Karnataka.                        | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        4 | Jessore Road, West Bengal                                             | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        5 | Jassur, Himachal Pradesh,                                             | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        6 | Edappal, Kerala                                                       | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        7 | Sarai Kale Khan, New Delhi                                            | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        8 | Dehradun, Uttrakhand                                                  | All DTIs are functional.     |
|        9 | Allen Forest, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh                                   | All DTIs are functional.     |
|       10 | Chandikhole, Jajpur, Orissa                                           | All DTIs are functional.     |
|       11 | Dimapur, Nagaland                                                     | All DTIs are functional.     |
|       12 | Indore, Madhya Pradesh                                                | All DTIs are functional.     |
|       13 | Bahadurgarh, Haryana                                                  | All DTIs are functional.     |

## Institute of Drivers Training and Research (IDTR) sanctioned during 11 th Five Year Plan

|   S. No. | Name of the Driving Training Institute .        | Status (functional or not)         |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | CIRT, Pune, Maharashtra                         | Functional                         |
|        2 | Rail Magra Town, Rajsamand District, Rajasthan, | Functional                         |
|        3 | Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh                      | Functional                         |
|        4 | Sarkaghat, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh              | Civil construction is in progress. |
|        5 | Kaluwas, Near Bhiwani, Haryana                  | Civil construction is in progress. |
|        6 | Agartala , Tripura,                             | Civil construction is in progress. |
|        7 | Aurangabad, Bihar,                              | Civil construction is in progress. |
|        8 | Raibarelly, Uttar Pradesh                       | Civil construction is in progress. |

## Institute of Drivers Training and Research (IDTR) sanctioned during 12 th Five Year Plan

|   S. No. | Name of the Driving Training Institute.    | Status (functional or not)           |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh                  | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        2 | Mandepalli, District Karimnagar, Telangana | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        3 | Lodga, District Latur, Maharashtra         | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        4 | Darsi, District Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh   | Civil construction is to be started. |

## Inspection and Certification (I & C) Centre sanctioned during 11 th Five Year Plan

|   S. No. | Name of the I &CCentre                 | Status                                                |
|----------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | I &CCentre , Nasik, Maharashtra        | Operational                                           |
|        2 | I &CCentre, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh | Civil construction completed, Equipment installed and |
|        3 | I &CCentre, Railmagra, Rajasthan       | Civil construction completed, Equipment installed and |
|        4 | I &CCentre, Neilmangala, Karnataka     | Civil construction completed, Equipment installed and |
|        5 | I &CCentre , Delhi                     | Civil construction completed, Equipment installed     |
|        6 | I &CCentre, Rohtak, Haryana            | Civil construction completed, Equipment installed     |
|        7 | I &CCentre, Hyderabad, Telangana       | Civil construction is progress.                       |
|        8 | I &CCentre, Surat, Gujarat             | Civil construction is progress.                       |
|        9 | I &CCentre, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh     | Civil construction is progress.                       |

## Inspection and Certification (I & C) Centre sanctioned during 12 th Five Year Plan

|   S. No. | Name of the I &CCentre   | Status                               |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | I &CCentre , Odisha      | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        2 | I &CCentre, Kerala       | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        3 | I &CCentre, Punjab       | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        4 | I &CCentre, Chhatishgarh | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        5 | I &CCentre , West Bengal | Civil construction is to be started. |
|        6 | I &CCentre, Sikkim       | Civil construction is to be started. |

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