Safety Measures for Women in Public Transport
Safety Measures for Women in Public Transport
The Government of India has undertaken a project
“Security for Women in Public Road Transport in the Country”. The objective of
the scheme is to ensure safety of women and girl child in public transport by
monitoring location of public road transport vehicles to provide immediate
assistance in minimum response time to the victims in distress.
The proposed scheme under the “Nirbhaya Fund” envisages setting up of a National Emergency Response System with a control room under the overall control of Ministry of Home Affairs, which will receive alerts from distressed women and take action on it.
Under the scheme for giving grants to states for setting up driving schools, preference is given to proposals for driving school for women.
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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Bridge Over River Brahmaputra
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has
awarded the consultancy work to M/s AECOM India Pvt. Ltd. on 10.07.2015 for the
preparation of Detailed Project Report for “Construction of a Bridge over river
Brahmaputra Between Dhubri and Phulbari” for an amount of Rs. 697.88 lakhs. The
Consultant has submitted the Inception Report and the alignment for the bridge
has been approved.
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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Enforcement of BS-VI Emission Norms
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has
amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to implement Bharat Stage-IV
(BS-IV) mass emission standards for four wheeled vehicles since the year 2010
onwards in select cities in a phase-wise manner. Bharat Stage-IV mass emission
standards for two wheeled, three wheeled and four wheeled vehicles has been
mandated from 1st April, 2017 across the country vide notification Nos. G.S.R
431(E) dated 4th July, 2014, G.S.R 487(E) dated 12th June, 2015 and G.S.R 643(E)
dated 19th August, 2015 respectively. The Government does not propose to
advance the deadline of these emission norms.
The Ministry is now introducing BS-VI fuel norms after due consultation with Ministry of Petroleum and National Gas, Department of Heavy industry and Ministry of Environment and Forest all over the country by 01.04.2020. Accordingly, a draft notification to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 has been forwarded to the Government of India Press on 22.02.2016 for publication in the Gazette of India, giving 30 days time to the public, inviting suggestions/comments on the notification before finalising the same.
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
The Ministry is now introducing BS-VI fuel norms after due consultation with Ministry of Petroleum and National Gas, Department of Heavy industry and Ministry of Environment and Forest all over the country by 01.04.2020. Accordingly, a draft notification to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 has been forwarded to the Government of India Press on 22.02.2016 for publication in the Gazette of India, giving 30 days time to the public, inviting suggestions/comments on the notification before finalising the same.
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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Bot Model Projects
The Government has permitted one time fund infusion to revive and
physically complete languishing national highway projects under Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) mode and also allowed Rationalised Compensation to
concessionaires, in case delays are not attributable to them, to increase funds
to highway sector. Various steps have also been taken by the Government/
NHAI to remove the hurdles affecting the construction of NH projects includes
streamlining of land acquisition and regulatory clearances, close coordination
with other ministries, revamped Disputes Resolution Mechanism etc. NHAI has
also decided not to award projects till all major pre-construction approvals
are in-place for the project in order to avoid post bid delays and litigations.
With a view to ameliorate the shortage of equity and improve liquidity,
Government has also allowed Securitization of future cash flows, Deferment of
Premium in stressed highway projects, Harmonious Substitution in financially
stressed highway projects and 100% Equity Divestment after 2 years of
construction of all highway projects under PPP mode.
Details of highway projects awarded on the Public Private Partnership
(PPP) mode being implemented by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is
available at the web-site of NHAI under heading of “Project Information System
(PIS)” and the address of the portal is http://www.nhai.org/mpreport.asp.
Total expenditure incurred by the Government during the last three years
(2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15) to execute National Highway projects across the
country are as follows:
|
Year
|
Expenditure
(Rs. in
Crore)
|
|
2012-13
|
34601.45
|
|
2013-14
|
46494.21
|
|
2014-15
|
46311.34
|
Details of progress made during the last three years (2012-13, 2013-14
and 2014-15) in construction of National Highways in various States,
State/UT-wise, are placed below
State/ Union Territory wise completion of
construction of National Highways for the Last three years (2012-13, 2013-14
and 2014-15)
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the State / Union
Territory
|
Length completed (in km)
|
Total
|
|||||
|
NHAI
|
SARDP
|
LWE
|
State PWD
|
BRO
|
NHDP-IV
|
|||
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
285.05
|
0
|
237.00
|
220.70
|
0
|
5.00
|
747.75
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0
|
251.50
|
0
|
5.60
|
2.83
|
0
|
259.93
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
160.64
|
219.29
|
0
|
212.24
|
0
|
0
|
592.17
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
160.64
|
0
|
240.00
|
57.00
|
0
|
8.00
|
465.64
|
|
5
|
Chandigarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.00
|
0
|
0
|
1.00
|
|
6
|
Chhattisgarh
|
88.34
|
0
|
609.00
|
100.40
|
0
|
0
|
797.74
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
488.89
|
0
|
0
|
90.10
|
0
|
0
|
578.99
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
488.89
|
0
|
0
|
58.95
|
0
|
0
|
547.84
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
109.00
|
0
|
0
|
109.00
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
66.70
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
287.70
|
0
|
354.40
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
66.70
|
0
|
409.00
|
123.00
|
0
|
0
|
598.70
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
133.40
|
0
|
0
|
159.00
|
0
|
9.00
|
301.40
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
266.80
|
0
|
0
|
10.72
|
0
|
0
|
277.52
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
533.60
|
0
|
119.00
|
223.53
|
0
|
296.00
|
1172.13
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
1067.20
|
0
|
0
|
64.60
|
0
|
0
|
1131.8
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
0
|
26.91
|
0
|
110.19
|
42.01
|
0
|
179.11
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
67.98
|
301.13
|
0
|
315.28
|
0
|
0
|
684.39
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
28.81
|
0
|
4.50
|
0
|
0
|
33.31
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
45.00
|
1.49
|
0
|
46.49
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
235.23
|
0
|
395.00
|
352.66
|
0
|
10.00
|
992.89
|
|
21
|
Puducherry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14.20
|
0
|
0
|
14.20
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
163.27
|
0
|
0
|
139.21
|
0
|
0
|
302.48
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
163.27
|
0
|
0
|
125.80
|
0
|
574.00
|
863.07
|
|
24
|
Sikkim
|
0
|
46.81
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
46.81
|
|
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
586.10
|
0
|
0
|
251.38
|
0
|
0
|
837.48
|
|
26
|
Telangana
|
0
|
0
|
37.00
|
31.00
|
0
|
103.00
|
171.00
|
|
27
|
Tripura
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
40.33
|
0
|
40.33
|
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
835.97
|
0
|
48.00
|
453.00
|
0
|
24.00
|
1360.97
|
|
29
|
Uttarakhand
|
835.97
|
0
|
0
|
45.88
|
41.11
|
0
|
922.96
|
|
30
|
West Bengal
|
1671.94
|
0
|
0
|
263.80
|
0
|
0
|
1935.74
|
|
Total
|
6246.80
|
874.45
|
2094.00
|
3587.74
|
415.47
|
1029.00
|
14247.46
|
|
This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport and
Highways Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.
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