Lok Sabha Question No. 2964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Rising Vehicles
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2964

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 3, 2016

## RISING VEHICLES

No.2964                           SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI  VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  number  of  cities  including  Delhi  are  congested  and causing traffic problem and road casualties;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has recently formulated special schemes/formula to address these problems and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the target fixed for completing the scheme and the funds likely to be spent for the same;
- (e) whether a high-level Committee set up by the Government to carry out  a  survey  on  how  to  smoothen  vehicular  traffic  in  Delhi submitted its final report and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to set up a unified metropolitan transport  authority  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  its likely benefits?

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## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) & (b): Yes Madam. Since Urban Transport, intertwined with Urban
- Development, is a State Subject, details regarding road casualties etc. in cities are not maintained in the Ministry.

(c): No Madam

Cont….

(d) : Question does not arise.

(e)  :  Yes  Madam.  The  high-level  Committee  constituted  under Chairmanship  of  Secretary  Urban  Development  has  submitted  the Report on Decongesting Traffic in Delhi on 05/06/2016.  The report is available on the website with URL link http://moud.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/moud/files/Decongesting\_Traffic Delhi.pdf.  A  brief  of  the  Report  along  with the  action  taken are  at Annexure-I.

(f) :  As  per  National  Urban  Transport  Policy  (2006),  the  Central Government  recommends  for  setting  up  of  Unified  Metropolitan Transport Authorities (UMTA) in all million plus cities, to facilitate more co-ordinated planning and implementation of urban transport programmes and projects and an integrated management of urban transport  systems.  Since  Urban  Transport  is  a  State  subject,  the initiative  has  to  be  taken  by  the  State  Governments/Urban  Local Bodies.

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ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK  SABHA

UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2964 FOR 3.8.2016 REGARDING RISING VEHICLES ASKED BY  SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRI  VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT AND SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR

## Brief on the Report of High Powered Committee on 'Decongesting

## Traffic in Delhi'

The salient features of the report are as follows:

- o Develop  necessary  infrastructure  for  promoting  walking  and cycling in the national capital;
- o Discourage  automobile  centric  planning  with  focus  on  road widening,  construction  of  more  and  more  flyovers,  Foot  Over
- Bridges, Under Passes etc;
- o Check explosive growth in automobile population by adopting a 'carrot and     stick' policy of enabling increased use of public and non-motorized transport and disincentivising use of private
- vehicles through deterrent parking pricing;
- o Establish Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA); and
- o Create Urban Transport Fund(UTF).

Some of the interventions suggested over the next five years are :

-  Mandatory  provision  of  footpaths  on  all  roads  and  parking  on footpaths  to  be  made  cognizable  offence  under  Delhi  Municipal Corporation Act;
-  Parking Management Districts to be planned for all public places and one agency/operator to handle both on street and off-street
- parking for better management;
-  Provision of more crossings for pedestrians and cyclists;
-  Avoid signal free corridors as they invite more private vehicles on to roads;
-  Provide access to bus service within walking distance from home or office;
-  Procure 2,000 buses immediately and 4,000 buses subsequently;
-  Adopt Intelligent Transport System (ITS) for surveillance, automatic vehicle location, public information, Red Light Camera and  Stop  Line  Violation  Detection,  Automatic  Number  Plate Recognition, Automatic Parking Management etc.
-  Establish Operational Control Centre for real time monitoring and management of traffic on all roads;
-  Effective  traffic  management  through  junction  improvement, provision of rounds about, removal of choke points, and promotion of secondary road networks;
-  Preparation of comprehensive and integrated Land Use Transport System on priority basis;
-  Improving regional connectivity through integrated Regional Rapid Transport Systems;
-  Adopt  Transit  Oriented  Development  (TOD)  to  reduce  mobility
- needs; and
-  Develop BRTS corridors on high density routes.

These  interventions  will  require  investment  of  Rs.19,762  cr,  which include:

-  Multimodal Integration at 207 Metro stations-Rs.4,957 cr,
-  Cycle tracks and foot paths-Rs.2,300 cr,
-  Cycle sharing projects-Rs.1,715 cr,
-  BRTS and Bus service improvements- Rs.6,760 cr,
-  Removal  of  choke  points,  Junction  improvement  and  providing missing  links  to  enable  commissioning  of  near  finished  projectsRs.3,250 cr (this has already been announced to be funded under Urban Development Fund by Hon'ble Urban Development Minister).

## Action Taken

The Report has been forwarded to all stakeholders for implementation. A Committee has been recommended under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi with representatives of other stakeholders for monitoring and coordinating the implementations of various recommendations of the Report.

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