road safety action plan summary report

Road Safety Action Plan –

Summary Report

November, 2015

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Contents

1 Background ............................................................................................................. 2

2 Objectives of Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) .................................................... 2

3 Stakeholder Engagement ....................................................................................... 4

4 Organization Pillar for Road Safety ....................................................................... 4

4.1 State Road Safety Council ........................................................................................... 5

4.2 Road Safety Committee at District and Panchayat Level ............................................. 6

4.3 Nodal Agency .............................................................................................................. 6

4.4 Road Safety Cell .......................................................................................................... 7

5 Important Activities under RSAP .......................................................................... 8

5.1 Road Safety Audit ........................................................................................................ 8

5.2 Accident Investigation & Research ............................................................................... 8

5.3 Black Spots Protocol .................................................................................................... 9

5.3.1 Short Term remedial measures ............................................................................. 9

5.3.2 Long Term measures ............................................................................................ 9

5.4 Road Safety Fund ........................................................................................................ 9

5.4.1 Short, Medium and Long Term Targets................................................................10

5.5 Road Safety Policy and Targets of Accident Reduction ..............................................10


1 Background

The road safety scenario in the country is grim with high fatality rates. During 2013,

the total fatalities figure in India was 2,38,562 of 1.24 million worldwide. This

constitutes approx. 20% of global road fatalities. The economic loss of about 3% of

GDP is due to road accidents.

Under the banner of the United Nations, Decade of Road Safety (2010 – 2020) has

gained prime importance globally. In India, the Honourable Supreme Court has set

up the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCRS) under the

Chairmanship of Justice K S Radhakrishnan (Retd.) for taking forward this initiative.

This committee is taking measures to promote road safety in India by instructing the

State Governments to focus on these initiatives and submit their reports under the

title Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) as outlined by the Ministry of Road Transport

& Highways, Government of India, vide its D.O. No. RT-25035/51/2013-RS dated 1st

November, 2013.

As per the latest instructions of the SCCRS, the Government of West Bengal is due

to submit its report titled Road Safety Action Plan to the committee no later than

Monday, the 30th November 2015.

2 Objectives of Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP)

The key objective is to promote safety on roads and reduce accidents across the

State. The SCCRS committee has instructed the State Governments to take up

several measures to reduce the fatalities in a planned manner. The Government of

West Bengal has assigned the actions of road safety to various stakeholders within

the State. The stakeholders are defining their respective concerns and actions in

stages, like initial and final remedial measures to improve road safety and provide

better infrastructure of roads to the commuters.

The report is to review initiatives, actions, commitments and achievements against

targets on the “Six Pillars” on Road Safety as prescribed by MoRTH and referred to

earlier.

The six pillars on Road Safety are:

(i) Pillar no 1 – Road Safety Management – Institution and Capacity Building

(ii) Pillar No 2 - Safer Roads and Mobility

(iii) Pillar No 3 – Safer Vehicles


(iv) Pillar No 4 – Improvement in Enforcement of Traffic Regulations, Safer Road

Users

(v) Pillar No 5 – Education

(vi) Pillar No 6 – Emergency Cares

The brief tasks assigned against each Pillar are as follows:

Pillar No. 1

This Pillar covers administrative issues such as setting up of Committees, lead

agencies, Development of Action Plan, Road Safety Fund, GIS based Accident

Recording System, accident investigation and research, third party audit of driving

schools, etc.

Pillar No. 2

This Pillar covers implementation of design standards set by the IRC, improvement

of road markings and signs, implementation of Road Safety Audit, elimination of

high risk stretches (black spots), lighting, removal of dangerous road side objects,

training of road safety engineers etc. There are other issues pertaining to this pillar

which have been addressed while preparing this Road Safety Action Plan.

Pillar No. 3

This Pillar covers safer use of vehicles. It gives an account of inspection and

certification of vehicles, audit of vehicle inspection centres, legislative reforms etc.

There are other issues pertaining to this pillar which have been addressed while

preparing this Road Safety Action Plan.

Pillar No. 4

This Pillar covers enforcement of traffic regulations. It talks about enforcement of

use of road safety devices such as helmets and seat belts, enforcement of speed

limits, penalize dangerously parked vehicles, removal of encroachments etc. There

are other issues pertaining to this pillar which have been addressed while preparing

this Road Safety Action Plan.

Pillar No. 5

This Pillar covers Education. It looks into review and research of road safety

education, RSE pilot projects in rural area, development of RAC curriculum,

improvement and inclusion of teachers’ training, community education etc. There

are other issues pertaining to this pillar which have been addressed while preparing

this Road Safety Action Plan.


Pillar No. 6

This Pillar covers Emergency Care. It talks about upgradation of trauma centre

facilities, upgradation of deficient emergency services, seamless rescue services,

crash rescue vehicles, regular training for first aid, training emergency technicians

and doctors and training of heavy motor vehicle drivers in first aid.

The Government of West Bengal shall monitor the implementation and progress of

the above 6 Pillars regularly and take remedial measures deemed appropriate.

3 Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholders within the State Government have been identified and information

have been sought with regard to their respective initiatives around the six Pillars of

the RSAP. The RSAP primarily deals with 4 E’s, namely Engineering, Enforcement,

Education and Emergency.

Engagements under this initiative include activities and outputs around data

acquisition & analysis, personal meetings & interviews, communication exchanges

and interactive workshop(s) by the Nodal Agency. This process involves

identification of the activities undertaken under the Road Safety initiative by the

stakeholders, their future commitments, targets and resourcing needs.

As part of a wider stakeholder engagement initiative and with the prime objective of

creating a superior output on the RSAP, several initiatives have been undertaken. In

this process, a clear understanding has been established within the stakeholders

around existing RSAPs of other States and their related work, and the improvement

mechanisms to be incorporated in the RSAP.

Several areas of work have emerged as follow-throughs in the post submittal phase

of the RSAP e.g. ensuring a coordinated approach to fulfilling the targets in the

document and preparedness for the prescribed reviews by the SCCRS among

others.

4 Organization Pillar for Road Safety

The Government of West Bengal abiding by the instructions of the Supreme Court

Committee on Road Safety has constituted different committees for looking into the

matters of Road Safety at various levels.


Described below are the structures formed to drive the road safety in the State of

West Bengal:

4.1 State Road Safety Council

The West Bengal State Road Safety Council has been constituted vide notification

no. 1083 – WT/TR/P/3M(RS)-6/14(Pt-I) dated 23/03/2015 appointing the Chief

Secretary of West Bengal as the Chairman of the Council. This committee is

periodically reviewing the road safety situation in the State.

The Principal Secretary, Transport Department and the Additional Secretary,

Transport Department are serving as the Member Secretary and the Additional

Member Secretary of the State Road Safety Council, respectively. The Principal

Secretaries of the other departments are serving as the permanent members of

the council.

The following chart describes the structure of the State Road Safety Council:


4.2 Road Safety Committee at District and Panchayat Level

The District Road Safety Committee has been constituted vide notification no.

1084 – WT/TR/P/3M(RS)-6/14(Pt-I) dated 23/03/2015 appointing the District

Magistrate & Collector as the Chairman of the Committee.

The District Magistrates have been given the authority to implement the State

Road Safety Policy, monitor the disbursal of the Road Safety Fund and ensure

road safety within their respective districts.

The District Road Safety Committee have been assigned to oversee the road

safety scenario at the Panchayat level vide letter no. 3636-WT/TR/P/3M(RS)-

6/14(Pt-I) dated 23/09/2015

4.3 Nodal Agency

The Transport Department of the State being well equipped with resources and

authority to implement measures to tackle the road safety situation in the State has

been designated as the Nodal Agency.

The Additional Secretary, Transport Department who also serves as the Additional

Member Secretary of the State Road Safety Council is the Nodal Officer for the

Nodal Agency under the Road Safety initiatives.

The various departments involved in the road safety situation in the state have

their respective designated Nodal Officers who shall provide inputs and implement


measures to improve the current road safety scenario as per the targets set for

their respective departments.

The following chart describes the structure of the Nodal Agency:

The Department has further engaged M/s. Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit

System Ltd. (DIMTS), a joint venture organization of Govt. of Delhi and IDFC

Foundation for assistance in preparation of the State Road Safety Action Plan. For

day-to-day monitoring and evaluation of the progress on Road Safety as targeted

in the Action Plan, Nodal Agency proposes to involve M/s. DIMTS Ltd. for

rendering Secretarial Services for the initiatives in the State.

4.4 Road Safety Cell

The Road Safety Cell has been constituted by the Public Works Department,

Government of West Bengal vide note no. 78 dated 17/04/2015 to perform Road

Safety Audit as per the guidelines framed by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC).

Chaired by the Project Director, Project Implementation Unit (PIU), Public Works

(Roads) Department, this Cell constitutes the following members:

1. Project Manager(Kolkata), PIU, PW(R)Dte: Responsible for monitoring and

improvement of the safety of road network in the Kolkata zone

2. Project Manager(South) PIU, PW(R)Dte: Responsible for monitoring and

improvement of the safety of road network in the southern zone

3. Project Manager(North) PIU, PW(R)Dte: Responsible for monitoring and

improvement of the safety of road network in the northern zone

The following chart describes the structure of the Road Safety Cell:


5 Important Activities under RSAP

5.1 Road Safety Audit

Road Safety Audit in West Bengal, according to PWD, Govt. of West Bengal shall

commence within 3 to 6 months for all major State Highways and other roads in

phased manner. This activity can be accomplished by Specialized and

experienced consultants. PWD is consulting with IIT Kharagpur for appointment of

consultants for RSA for the entire State. Day time and night time inspections shall

be done by the experts by driving and walking along the highways and recording

each issue of road safety. The consultant shall observe the stretch of the road

based on the accident data made available by the Police. On the basis of the

accident and its type, an analysis to avoid the accidents in the stretch shall be

recommended by the consultants giving priority to each recommendation. The

PWD and other departments shall implement the recommendations on the basis of

the priority result arrived from the audit process.

5.2 Accident Investigation & Research

Accident investigation and research shall be adopted by the Directorates &

Commissionerates of Police with consultation with IIT, Kharagpur. Preliminary

exercise has been so far and IIT, Kharagpur shall provide its expertise for setting

up the system. As soon as the accident takes place, accident investigation expert

shall visit the site and get the information of the accident from the information

recorded by the police and shall verify the same. This activity becomes more

efficient as and when GIS bases accident recording system gets set up in the


State by the Directorates & Commissionerates of Police. The data shall be used

for further improvements in roads and research activity. The Government Shall

also conduct study and research works through IIT, Kharagpur wherever required

to establish an efficient system of accident data recording, storage and

management through accident database management system as per the best

practices adopted in other States.

5.3 Black Spots Protocol

A Black Spot protocol has been prepared by PWD, Govt. of West Bengal as per

the directions of MoRTH vide memo no. 1796-E-n-C/2015 dated 29/09/2015. As

per the Protocol, a Black Spot may be defined as a specific spot on a road at mid-

block section or at any junction with the occurrence of a minimum 10 no. of

accidents and/or a minimum of 5 fatalities in a year.

Identification of Black Spots shall be done by giving weightage to fatalities, serious

accidents, minor accidents and damage to property. The sections shall be taken

up for improvement and remedial measures in a descending order. The section

having the highest weightage shall be taken up first, and so on.

Identification of Black spots shall be done in such a manner that a joint inspection

by the Police and PWD shall be carried out with expert consultants. Analysis of the

Black Spots shall be complete after obtaining the accidents records from police

department within 30 days of inspection. Based on the information collected, short

and long term remedial measures shall be defined. The works involves in the short

and long terms measure are as follows:

5.3.1 Short Term remedial measures

Installation of necessary signage’s and payment markings shall be done

within 60 days of inspection. Construction of rumble strips, speed breakers,

temporary restoration of payment condition shall be carried out within 90

days of joint inspection

5.3.2 Long Term measures

Minor corrections in the geometric design shall be carried out within 180

days of inspection.

5.4 Road Safety Fund

The Road Safety Fund has been initiated by the Government of West Bengal and

Gazette Notification in this regard shall be issued shortly. The Road Safety Fund

shall be 10% of the fines collected during the year or Rs. 10 crore, whichever is

more. Under any circumstances atleast Rs. 10 crore shall be made available under


the Road Safety Fund. Items with least amount and priorities shall be taken up

first, since the works involving a huge amount of funding shall be done under the

Govt. of West Bengal funds for the respective departments.

The various works for improvement of Road Safety shall be categorized under the

targeted scheme mentioned as follows:

5.4.1 Short, Medium and Long Term Targets

Short term targets are those which can be implemented within 3 months

such as road markings, road signage’s, rumble strips, speed breakers, etc.

Medium term activities are those which can be completed within 3 to 6

months such as minor geometric improvements etc.

Long term activities are those which can be accomplished from 180 days

and more such as land acquisition for improvement, construction of Road

Over Bridges (ROBs), Foot over bridges etc.

5.5 Road Safety Policy and Targets of Accident Reduction

The Draft Road Safety Policy of West Bengal to be notified shortly envisages 20%

reduction in accidents in by 2020. Though the Ministry of Road Transport and

Highways (MoRTH) desires reduction in accidents up to 50% in 5 years, the target

of 50% reduction is very ambitious since Japan was able to reduce 50% accidents

in 10 years. The reduction of accidents in the Draft Road Safety Policy is modest

and can be achieved by effective implementation of Road Safety Action Plan and

its targeted components.

S.NO. Target Nodal agency Other stakeholdersResources

required

Progress Annexure

1. Accomplished Transport Department GoWB internal stake holders: Education Department, Finance Department, Health Department, Home Department, Information & Cultural Affairs Dept, Municipal Affairs Dept., Panchayat & Rural Dev., PWD, Urban Dev. Department

NA The W.B State Road Safety Council was constituted videNotification no. 1083-WT/TR/P/3M(RS)-6/14(Pt-I) dated-23/03/2015 appointing Chief Secretary of West Bengal as theChairman of the State Road Safety Council. Periodicity ofmeetings shall be decided in the next council meeting.

I

State level Transport Departmentas the lead agency isengaging DIMTS forSecretarial Services

II

District level III

Panchayat level

State level Immediate Transport Department

District level Six Months District Magistrate

Panchayat level Six Months District Magistrate

State level

District level

Panchayat level

State level

District level

Panchayat level

District Magistrate of respective district supported by the representatives of the other stakeholders at District & Panchayat level

GoWB internal stake holders: Education Department, Finance Department, Health Department, Home Department, Information & Cultural Affairs Dept, Municipal Affairs Dept., Panchayat & Rural Dev., PWD, Urban Dev. Department

Rs. 60 Lakh

Draft Road Safety Action Plan at the state level is ready and willbe submitted by end of November 2015.

GoWB internal stake holders: Education Department, Finance Department, Health Department, Home Department, Information & Cultural Affairs Dept, Municipal Affairs Dept., Panchayat & Rural Dev., PWD, Urban Dev. Department

Transport Department shall act as the lead agency. DistrictRoad Safety committee has been constituted vide notificationno. 1084-WT/TR/P/3M(RS)-6/14(Pt-I) dated 23/03/2015appointing District Magistrate and Collector as Chairman of theDistrict Road Safety Committee. They shall implement stateroad safety policy, disbursal of road safety fund and ensuringroad safety within jurisdiction of their district. The District RoadSafety Committee shall also oversee Panchayats level percommunication No. 3636-WT/TR/P/3M(RS)-6/14(PT-I) dated23/09/2015 and local urban bodies functions pertaining toroad safety, since the offices of the involved departments areunder direct control of the district authorities. DIMTS shall beassisting the lead agency for monitoring of Road Safety in WestBengal.

5. Set up Accident Recording System:The system of automated GIS basedaccident recording should bestrengthened.

Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

Transport Department,PWD

Rs. 10.25 crore (Rs. 25 Lakh to IIT & Rs. 10 crore for implementation)

Preliminary discussion has been made with IIT Kharagpur fordeveloping an Accident Recording System. Designated staff willhave access to enter and retrieve accident data in real timetracking of accidents and to take appropriate correctivemeasures.

One year

2. Establish/ Designate a lead agencyon road safety at the State levelwith resources and authority toimplement measures

NA

Develop an Action Plan for RoadSafety with specific performancetargets and identified resources

4. Setting up and allocation of roadsafety fund. Part of fines collectedto go to Road Safety Fund

Finance Department Transport Department,PWD

NASix Months

ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR WEST BENGAL

PILLAR 1 : ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT – INSTITUTION AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Immediate

Draft Road Safety Fund is being set up the government. Financedepartment has agreed for creation of Road Safety Fund innature of Public Account with initial corpus of 10% of thefines/fee collecting during the financial year or Rs.10 crorewhichever is higher.

3.

Activity

Set up a committee under the Chief secretary andconsisting of Secretaries Transport, PWD, Health,Home Affairs, DG Police etc. to periodically reviewthe road safety situation in the state

Draft Road Safety Action Plan Page 1 of 17 Pillar 1

S.NO. Target Nodal agency Other stakeholdersResources

required

Progress Annexure

PILLAR 1 : ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT – INSTITUTION AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Activity

6. Set up an agency to ConductAccident Investigation and researchon road safety issues

Six Months PWD in consultation with Directorates & Commisionerates of Police

Rs. 80 Lakh IIT, Kharagpur is being engaged by PWD in consultation withPolice for road safety audit for some high traffic densitycorridors. The same Institute would also be engaged for analysisof road accident data and evaluation of Level Of Service forSafety (LOSS) for different categories of roads in West Bengal.Tentative Rs. 80 lakhs is required to meet the expenses forresearch and investigation. Further IIT, Kharagpur is alsoconducting accident investigation on two important NHcorridors. PWD plans to engage the consultancy services for theaccident investigations of other important roads in the sameprocess.

7. Third party audit of driving schoolsby CIRT, IDTRs

District level It is adopted and being followed

Transport Department Being assessed in consultation

with CIRT

All motor driving training schools are required to obtain licensefor functioning as one from the licensing authority havingjurisdiction. It is the requirement of the MV Act(1988). Thesyllabus of imparting training is also set in the CMVRules(1989).


S.NO. Activity Target Nodal Agency Other

stakeholders Resources

required

Progress Annexure

1. The design standards for Indian roads are contained inthe Codes of Practice and Standards of the Indian RoadsCongress. Detailed instructions in this regard wereissued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highwaysvide their Circular No. RW/NH-35072/04/2004-S&R(R)dated 27th April, 2010. No estimate should be sanctionedby the State Government unless the recommendedprovisions have been included.

Accomplished PWD NA PWD has set up a Road safety Cell comprising one Superintending Engineer and three Executive Engineers, through which the estimate for proposals road improvement, having minimum cost of works at Rs. 50 crore shall be required to be mandatorily vetted. Work costing less than Rs 50 crore shall be executed as per the IRC guidelines.

2. Improving Road Marking and Signage's: All statehighways and other roads should have signs and roadmarkings as per IRC standard.

Ongoing process PWD Based onimprovement proposal ofroads includingpavement condition

Instructions of Engineer-in-Chief, PWD regarding Engineering measures on Road Safety issues have already been issued vide memo no. 1004-ENC/2015 on 03/06/2015 and 1005-E-n-C/2015 dated 03/06/2015. In this regard, 5% of the allocated fund for every forthcoming road project shall be used for road marking and signs

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3 Road Safety Audit and Implementation ofRecommendations: RSAs should be done on all statehighways and other roads. Implementation of RSArecommendations by devising a safety measures planshould be put in place.

The work in part shall start for the RSA within three months and for the implementation within six months for short term measures. For long term measures, the target dates shall be assessed in the case to case basis

PWD Depaends onrecommendations of RSA

TO start the process of RSA immediately the following steps are taken at first:- Detailed Project Report of West Bengal North - South Road Corridor Project, a project in pipeline to be funded by ADB would be subject to Road Safety Audit by IIT, Kharagpur. - PWD is also appointing Consultants for Road Safety Audit (RSA) with due expertise from IIT,Kharagpur for NH60 and NH117 with total length is 438 Km.

The RSA component has been made mandatory in DPR stage for project having civil works valued minimum Rs. 50 crores. RSA shall be done in phased manner.

4 Eliminate high risk stretches – Black Spots on statehighways and other roads

6 Black spots whichhave been identifiedon NH wing of PWDshall be done onimmediate basis.New black spotsidentified duringRSA shall be takenup on priority basis

PWD in consultation with Directorates & Commisionerates of Police

Will be taken up after RSA

Black spots would be identified after Road Safety Audit (RSA) on existing important roads get completed. A protocol identification of Black spots has been prepared vide memo No. 1796-E-in-C/2015 dated 29/09/2015. PWD is making liaison with Police Department to get the accident data all across the state for RSA. Detailed Project Report of West Bengal North - South Road Corridor Project, a project in pipeline to be funded by ADB would be subject to Road Safety Audit by IIT, Kharagpur. Black spots shall be identified after submission of the report. Further 25 Black spots has been notified by ADG & IGP (Traffic). 19 belong to NHAI and 6 belong to NH wing of PWD. A comprehensive report has been prepared for mitigation measures (both long term & shot term). Short term measures are already under implementation and design works in progress for long term mitigation measures.

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PILLAR 2 : SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY




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5. Improvement of junctions on state highways and otherroads

15 per year PWD Rs. 12 crore Junctions of SH with NH may be targeted for improvement @ 15 nos. for this year. The estimated cost would be Rs. 80 lakhs / junction amounting to the total of Rs. 12 crores. The identification of the junctions which need improvement shall be identified by the concerned officers within their respective jurisdictions and they are also being directed to take long and short term mitigation measures. A memo hase been issued to the concerned C.E vide no. 1748(2)-E-in-C/2015 dated 18/09/2015.

V (A)

6 Improve lighting on Highways near habitations 50 locations per year

PWD Municipal Corporations, Urban Development Department

Rs. 7.5 crore Chief Engineer (Electrical), PWD takes care of theelectrification of roads and highways and the directions tothe respective zones have already been given to maintainand identify such locations. PWD would incur the capitalcost. The maintenance expenses would be borne by localmunicipalities / zilla parishads. Targeting 50 locations ofjunction points per year @ estimated cost of Rs. 15 lakhsper location, the estimated cost for lighting on highways injunction points would be Rs. 7.50 crore. A memo hasebeen issued to the concerned C.E vide no. 1750-E-in-C/2015 dated 21/09/2015.

V (B)

7 Removal of dangerous road side objects 500 per year PWD Directorates & Commissionerates of Police, Public

Rs. 2.5 crore A memo has already been issued vide no. 1006-ENC/2015dated 03 June 2015 for removal of road side hoardings,encroachments, trees, etc. obstructing sight distance.Target is to remove 500 nos. this year. The estimated costfor such removal is @ Rs. 50,000 per object on an averageamounting to a total of Rs. 2.50 crores.

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8 Training for Road Safety: Engineers involved in planning,design, construction and operation of highways need tobe trained on road safety. In addition, consultants,contractors and concessionaires also need to be trained.Facility available at the Indian Academy of HighwayEngineers (IAHE).

20 per year PWD Rs. 6 Lakh Principally agreed, PWD have tied up with IAHE and IIT, Kharagpur in this regard. However, a provision of training for 20 persons per year is targeted. Training on RSA in IIT,Kharagpur are being arranged for first 25 engineers with a tentative cost of Rs. 6 Lakh.




required

Progress Annexure


9 Provision of separate roads for bicycles and nonmotorized modes on all arterial roads and highways.

PWD Municipal corporations, Urban Development Department

Provision of separate roads for cycle tracks / non-motorized vehicles is accepted in principle and concerned officers of the respective zones directed to explore the locations requiring dedicated cycle tracks / non-motorized vehicles, truck lay-bye / bus bay / passenger shelters vis-à-vis the availability of land at those locations. Therefore, length of such dedicated lanes may be confirmed after due exploration of the viability. The financial resources would be made available within the estimated cost of ongoing and forthcoming projects. However, considering the scarcity of land on Highways, PWD shall explore suitable locations for construction of dedicated cycle tracks. However, PWD would construct service roads at congested locations for large volume of road projects, which will also be used for slow moving vehicles. Identification of such locations will be taken up and will thereafter be implemented in phased manner.

10 Establish a specialist road safety unit to monitor andimprove the safety of road network

Accomplished PWD NA Road safety Cell in PWD has been constituted videnotification no. 78 dated- 17/04/2015 under theChairmanship of Project Director(Project ImplementationUnit), PW(R)Dte to perform Road Safety Audit as perguidelines framed by Indian Road Congress IRC. SP. 88-2010. They shall perform road safety audit in accordancewith IRC specification.

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11 Speed Calming measures on Highways near inhabitedareas: At present, there is insufficient facility for peopleto crossover from one side to other as a consequence ofwhich large number of pedestrian deaths are taking placein these areas. Provision of crossover for pedestrians andsafety devices like central verge, railing, grills on bothsides of the highways. There is also need for setting speedlimits, caution signs, speed calming measures like tabletop speed breakers, rumble strips on highwaysparticularly on vulnerable locations so that vehicles slowdown at appropriate places.

100 locations per year

PWD Rs. 5 crore On 6 black spots temporary speed calming measures havealready been adopted. Engineer-in-Chief has alreadyinstructed for engineering measures including speedcalming measures memo no. 1005-ENC/2015 on 3rd June2015. Speed calming measures including erection of signboards, road markings, provision of rumble strips / speedbreakers wherever applicable may be taken targeting 100such locations in a year. Considering the estimated cost @Rs. 5 lakhs / location, the provision of Rs. 5 crores may bemade and concerned officers already directed to take speedcalming measures in their respective jurisdiction forimportant roads.

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12. Installation of speed management measures by way of transition from highway to city traffic

PWD NH wing of PWD has already taken actions on 6 nos. black spots so far identified by Police Department. NH, PWD has taken short term measures for speed calming on these spots, 4 nos. of which belong to NH117 and 2 nos. to NH34. The necessary design changes for long term measures are in progress.




required

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13 Providing truck lay byes and bus byes & bus shelters along State Highways

5 Truck/bus lay byes & 10 passenger shelter

PWD Transport Associations

Rs. 10 crore Requirement of provision of truck bay / bus bay is accepted in principle. However, considering the scarcity of land on Highways a target of construction of 5 nos truck lay byes/ bus byes and 10 nos passenger shelters at bus stops for this year may be considered. Considering the average cost of bus bay @ Rs. 1 crore/ bus bay and construction of such passenger shelter @ Rs. 50 lakhs / shelter, a provision of (5x1+0.5x10)= Rs.10.0 crores may be made

14. Wayside amenities for long distance drivers: A largenumber of accidents happen because long distancedrivers do not have wayside amenities for rest andrecuperation. There is urgent need to establish theseamenities on roadsides at national and other highwaysbecause accidents generally happen due to fatigue andover work. Transporters need to be educated to have areasonable schedule of movement of vehicle which willnot force drivers to drive long hours without sleep andrest.

PWD PWD has already taken up construction of road side motels at a number of locations. Within this year, 70 motels and 200 pay & use toilets would be constructed at a cost of @ Rs. 2.5 crores per motel and @ Rs. 26 lakhs per toilet totaling to Rs. 227 crores.

15. Develop a model stretch of Safe Highway on an accidentprone stretch and evaluate results

PWD The model corridor has been considered as the stretch between 20 km to 21 km of NH34, comprising Madhyamgram 4 legged intersection, which is presently an accident prone zone. Steps have been taken for provision of service roads, grade separated intersections, erection of sign boards, pavement markings, etc. on that stretch to make the stretch accident free zone.


S.NO. Activity

TargetNodal

agency

Other

stakeholders

Resources

requiredProgress Annexure

1. Safety of in-use Vehicles – Inspection and Certification (I&C):I&C Regime Implementation. The State Government shouldidentify the agencies to carry out setting up, operations andmonitoring of inspection centres such that no vehicle isregistered/re-registered unless it possesses a valid vehicleinspection certificate.

Two years Transport Department

As per approved project by MoRTH

The Government of West Bengal decided to implement theI&C project of the MoRTH for vehicle inspection andcertification at Kolkata, and sought for approval along withsanction of funds. The same has been approved by theMoRTH and is to be executed by CIRT Pune. They have alsoapplied for approval for the RDTC project of the MoRTH atKolkata. The same is under consideration of the MoRTH tobe taken up as an integrated project with I&C and to beimplemented at the same site at Kolkata, with CIRT as theexecuting agency.

2. Auditing Vehicle Inspection Centres: I&C programmes are oftenassociated with fraudulent practices and corruption and thestate transport department would have to outsource auditing ofsuch centres to renowned automotive testing centres likeAutomotive Research Association of India (ARAI). Severedeterrent action should be initiated against offenders.


Will be taken up after identification

In keeping with the requirements of the I&C project of theMoRTH, 25 vehicle maintenance workshops at Kolkata arebeing identified for proper maintenance of vehicles andthose will also be subject to audit by CIRT.

3. Maintenance Programme: Facilities for maintenance need to bedeveloped for vehicles diagnosed with faults during inspections


Will be taken up after identification

In keeping with the requirements of the I&C project of theMoRTH, 25 vehicle maintenance workshops at Kolkata arebeing identified for proper maintenance of vehicles andthose will also be subject to audit by CIRT.

4 Legislative reforms: The validity for the fitness certificate,details of parameters to be checked including items of safetyand environment and a Code of Practice need to beamended/incorporated.

Ongoing process GoI through Transport Department

NA The provisions are already there in the CMV Rules, 1989,which is the jurisdiction of MoRTH.

5. Human Resource Development: Training modules need to be developed targeting staff, attendants, inspectors, auditors and mechanics.

As per annual training calendar provided by ARAI & CIRT etc.

Transport Department


Kolkata Police conducts work shops and sensitization programs for road safety at its traffic training school. Annual road safety week is observed all over the city. Training programmes as arranged by ARAI, CIRT, from time to time will be attended by MVIs.

6. Compulsory installation of GPS in Commercial Vehicles: Thereis tendency of over speeding and dangerous driving bycommercial vehicles. There should be compulsory GPS deviseinstallation in all commercial vehicles. By installing GPS, therecan be a check on which roads these vehicles are travelling andto find out their locations at any particular time. The vehicleowner will be much better of as they will be able to locate theirvehicle through the length and breadth if the GPS systems areinstalled in commercial vehicles. This will check misuse ofcommercial vehicles, facilitation in locating them in case ofuntoward accidents.


Will beevolved after thepolicy decision

The Government of West Bengal is seized of the matters. The GoI has been requested to place funds.

PILLAR 3 : SAFER VEHICLES


S.NO. Activity

TargetNodal

agency

Other

stakeholders

Resources


PILLAR 3 : SAFER VEHICLES

7 To increase visibility at night reflective tapes be put asprescribed as per AIS 090 standards for 3 Wheelers, Taxi, LCV,HCV, and Buses. This should also be followed for Trucks,Trailers including Agriculture tractor trailers. During annualfitness tests the Transport Department officials should verifythis as per Rule 62 of CMVR.


NA Rule 104 of CMVR 1989 provides for mandatory fitment of reflectors on automotive vehicles. This has already been implemented. The latest circular on this has bee issued vide no. 520(19)-WT/3M-128/05 dated 16/02/2015. The circular previously issued was 4015-WT/3N-128/05 dated 24/09/2014.

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8. Under protection devices in trucks and buses should be fittedas required under rules and checked for the same. Duringannual fitness tests the Transport Department officials shouldverify this as per Rule 62 of CMVR.

GOI through Transport Department

NA Relevant amendments in the CMVR may be made from MoRTH for compliance in the states

9. Under CMVR Rule 104, AIS standards are prescribed forinstallation of mirrors on different category of vehicles.However, vehicles are not always complying with these,particularly the 3 Wheelers where the side mirrors arepositioned inside. During annual fitness tests the TransportDepartment officials should verify this as per Rule 62 of CMVR.

Ongoing process Transport Department

NA It is Rule no. 125, sub-rule(ii) of the CMVR not 104. It is being followed.

10. Rule 93 of the CMVR 1989 defines the overall dimensions of thevarious categories of motor vehicles. This rule is often not beingcomplied with, causing great danger to the traffic. The ruleneeds to be strictly enforced.


NA Overall dimensions for motor vehicles in terms of rule 93 of the CMVR 1989 are being strictly enforced.

11. Rule 118 provides for speed governors on transport vehicles.During annual fitness tests the Transport Department officialsshould verify this as per Rule 62 of CMVR.


Directorates & Commissionerates of Police for enforcement

NA Speed governors in Auto rickshaws & other smaller transport vehicles to control over speeding is an action under Draft State Road Safety Enforcement policy. Compliance is being adhered to.

12. Conspicuity of Bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles:Guidelines to be issued under s.138 (2) (i) & (j) of MVA, 1988

Three years GOI through MoRTH

NA Regulatory provisions governing this may developed by GOI/MoRTH for implementation by the states

13. Fitness of school buses and other school transport Ongoing process Transport Department

NA It is being done on a regular basis.


S.NO. Activity

Target

Nodal agencyOther

stakeholders

Resources


1. Enforcing use of Road Safety Devices like Helmet,Seat Belt including seat belt in commercial vehicles

Urgent Compliance Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

Transport Department,Information & Cultural Affairs Department

NA Number of cases are being booked by Traffic Police. Traffic Policeare also running campaigns at conspicuous spots in cities. 5,39,998cases were booked for not using helmet by 2 wheeler riders and notwearing seat belt for last 6 years (2010-15). Field traffic units havebeen instructed for strict enforcement of road safety devices.

2. Set and enforce speed limits including on NationalHighways

2 years, after complete infrastructural support is provided


PWD, Municipal Affairs Department, Urban Dev. Department

Manpower: Rs. 4.5 crore/ monthFuel: Rs. 25 lakh/ month

Speed limit has been set on National Highways. The PWD ismandated to set the speed limits on State Highways. 46,977 caseswere booked for over speeding in the last 5 years (2009-13). Inevery District an exclusive enforcement team is allocated only forthis purpose. Identification of critical locations will be decided inconsultation with NHAI, PWD and local administration based onRoad Safety Audit.

3. Penalize use of mobile phones by drivers Ongoing process Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

NA Field traffic units have been instructed for strict compliance ofconcerned MV rules and launching of prosecution in case ofviolation of rules. Total of 48,454 cases were booked in last 5 years(2009-13) for use of mobile phone while driving and are being doneon regular basis with strict enforcement

4. Penalize dangerously parked vehicles on highwaysand other roads

Ongoing process Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

PWD, Municipal Affairs Department, Urban Develeopment Department

NA Actions are being taken on regular basis for the strict compliance bythe Police and other stakeholders across their jurisdiction. Fieldtraffic units have been instructed for strict compliance of concernedMV rules and undertaking prosecution in case of violation of rules.Highway patrol teams should be able to detect such incidentsduring patrol and raise the alarm.

5. Remove encroachment from footpaths and roads 500 locations in the first year

PWD, Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

Municipal Affairs Department, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Urban Development Department

Rs. 2.50 crore/year (@ Rs. 50,000/site)

Removal of road side hoardings, encroachments, trees, etc.obstructing sight distance are targeted to be removed. The matter regarding removal of encroachments from roads andfootpath will be taken up with NHAI, PWD, District Administrationand Local bodies and a letter has been issued by E-in-C to allconcerned memo no. 1006-ENC/2015 on 03/06/2015 to takenecessary steps for removing the encroachments on pedestrianfootpath in consultation with District Magistrate & Supdt. of Police

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6. Check Overloading of Commercial Vehicles; InstallWeigh -in- Motion facility where required



Manpower: Rs. 0.48 crore/ month

Drive against overloading has been intensified, and the necessarymechanism is being put in place for execution of governmentdirectives. 4 new temporary check posts are being set up shortly.Total of 51,286 challans were booked in last 5 years (2009-13) forover loading.

7 Drunken Driving: Suspension of driving license and conviction under Section 185 of MV Act. Section 185 of MV Rules states imprisonment as one of the punishments against drunken driving and under Section 20 provides for suspension of driving licenses where there has been conviction under Section 185. These provisions are not being adequately invoked by enforcement agencies before the concerned courts, which ought to be made use of.

Urgent Compliance Directorates & Commissionerates of Police


Rs. 73.9 lakh for 176 alcohometers @Rs. 42000 each

Total of 4330 challans were booked in last 5 years (2009-13) fordrunken driving and total of 718 driving licenses have beencancelled for traffic violations in last 5 year (2009-13) which includedrunken driving besides other traffic offences.Suspension/cancellation of licenses for successive offence isproposed in the Draft State Road Safety Enforcement Action Plan.

PILLAR 4 : IMPROVEMENT IN ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS; SAFER ROAD USERS


S.NO. Activity

Target

Nodal agencyOther

stakeholders

Resources



8. Issuance of driving licenses: It has been felt by allenforcement agencies that the present system ofissuance of driving license is not up to the mark.There is an urgent need to have a comprehensivetest of the skills of applicants before driving licenseof any category is issued to the applicant.

Two years -depending on theperformance ofexternal agency ofMoRTH


Estimates are being prepared by CIRT as advised by MoRTH

Applied for approval and sanction of funds for the RDTC projectprepared by MoRTH at Kolkata and the same is under considerationof MoRTH.

9. Digitisation of Driving Licenses including legacy data Two years Transport Department

To be identified

This has been under implementation at Public Vehicles Department,Kolkata. This will be replicated in the rest of the State soon.

10. Strict Checking of Overcrowded Passenger Vehicles: It is common experience in all major cities and towns that commercial passenger vehicles are heavily overloaded which lead to frequent accidents with multiple deaths. In case of overloading of passenger vehicles, there should be provision of cancellation of permit. Presently, there is only a provision of fine which is no deterrence for checking of overloading of passenger vehicles.

1000 in the first year



NA Strict enforcement against carrying passengers on roof-tops andfootboards is carried out regularly. A new circular will be issued forintensifying the enforcement of rules.

11.

Database of all Traffic Violations: According to MVAct provision, there is different punishment for firsttraffic rule violation and for subsequent offences. Asmost of the states do not have database of trafficrule violation prosecution, enhanced punishment isnot possible for most of the traffic offences.

One Year Directorates & Commissionerates of Police


To be done byGoI

The GoI may make suitable provisions for recording of offencedetails against vehicles / drivers, as the case might be, in theVAHAN / SARATHI database. Process is on for preparing acentralized database for all traffic violations concerning WestBengal. Total amount of Rs 34.30 crore was collected against31,07,423 number of traffic offences during the last 7 year (2009-July 2015).

12. As per CMVR1989, the painting of headlights in tophalf is not allowed. Moreover, vehicles are requiredto be driven at low beam at nights. The rules need tobe enforced and drivers made aware of this.



NA Painting of top half is not allowed in this state and is followedstrictly.

13. Use of Technology for Interacting with Road Users:Delhi Traffic Police has pioneered its interaction withinter-road users by social networking sites likeFacebook. More than 80,000 are connected to DelhiTraffic Police through its Facebook. This has actedas empowerment of road users, sharing ofinformation by Traffic Police and the road users andimprovement in traffic and road safety throughinteraction. It is suggested that all public utilitydepartment like Transport Department, Traffic Policemust have constant interaction with road users.Similarly sharing of information through facilitieslike SMS alert service, 24x7 helpline can be effectiveinstrument for improvement in road safety.

Accomplished andoperational



NA Traffic headquarters and most of the Commissionerates/Districtsunder West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police have taken initiativefor social networking through websites/Facebook. Target ofcompletion of work of setting up of interaction with road users onsocial networking site in the entire West Bengal police jurisdiction isachievable within 3 (three) months.


S.NO. Activity

Target

Nodal agencyOther

stakeholders

Resources



14. Modernisation of Traffic Management System incities: with introduction of latest technology in trafficmanagement like CCTVs, speed cameras, e-challans,red light cameras, variable messaging, videoanalytics and other systems of intelligent trafficsystem, we can reduce dependence on manpowerand can have an effective traffic managementsystem. Bangalore Traffic Police has shown the wayby having most of the components of intelligenttraffic system functional in the state. Other statesshould also induct technology for regulation andenforcement. This will increase road safety scenarioall around.

2 years Directorates & Commissionerates of Police


Will bedetermined

Meeting with field level traffic units under West Bengal Police hasrecently been held regarding installation of Integrated Smart TrafficManagement System. A comprehensive proposal for installation ofthe said Traffic Management System is expected to be forwarded tothe sanctioning authority within 3 months.

15 For proper enforcement of rules, the traffic policeshould be strengthened in numbers and if possible aseparate dedicated cadre may be constituted

Pending at the State Government level


NA Proposal for filling up of vacancies at field level traffic units hasalready been initiated. A proposal for re-organization of Traffic Policeset up has already been submitted vide Memo No. 1215/THQ dated07/12/2012.

16. Removal of liquor shops from Highways Excise Department

PWD, Directorates and Commissionerates of Police, Transport Department,NGOs

NA A direction has been issued by the transport deparment to theexcise deparment of GoWB vide no. 3580-WT/TR/3M(RS)6/14(Pt.I)dated 21/09/2015 for removal of liqour shops from NH and SH.Excise Rules to be put in. Finance Secretary has been asked by theSupreme Court committee on Road Safety.

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17. Start a model of Good enforcement in one of thecities/ accident prone area and evaluate results

Police support is assured as soon as the model corridor is ready.

Directorates & Commissionerates of Police, PWD


Manpower: 43 police personnel/ km. of length

Directorates and Commissionerates of Police and PWD shall jointlyidentify the model corridor.


S.NO. Activity

Target

Nodal agency Other stakeholdersResources


1. Review and research of current Road Safety Educationpractices and responsibilities. RSE provided by schools,police, or NGOs should be assessed in the light ofaccident data and recent trends to identify priority areas and opportunities for improvement.

Accomplished Department of School Education

Directorates & Commissionerates of Police, State Council for Education Research and Training

NA The School Education Department constituted an Expert Committee to review the syllabus and curriculum in the School Education which includes the review and research of current road safety education practices and responsibilities. Discussion at a length was held along with the Kolkata Police to prepare the chapters on road safety and practical aspects on road safety education on the light of accident data and recent trend to identify priority areas and opportunities for improvement. Accordingly, the Expert Committee framed the curriculum and prepared the chapters and included in the Text Books from Classes I – VIII. Further it was also assessed that not only the education on road safety would be sufficient unless the science of road safety is learnt by the students. Hence, it was also introduced in the higher classes from IX – XI. Road safety awareness schemes are implemented across the state involving school childerns, police and NGO etc. Review of road safety education practices shall be done after notification of new MV act/road safety bill which is in advance stage.

2. Introduction of RSE pilot projects in rural areas. Areaswhere road accidents are a serious problem should betargeted first. Local expertise should be developed.Villages near National Highways and State Highwayswhich are accident-prone should be selected underthese pilot projects.

25 villages in the first year


NGOs, Transport Department

NA General awareness of public including guardians and students particularly in those areas where the schools are located adjacent to the Highways or important roads within the state and Kolkata region. This function is performed by the Kolkata Police and I&CA under the directions of District Road Safety Committee.

Road safety is the part of the education to school childrensfrom class I to XIAs per the Draft road safety policy following is envisaged:(i) Road safety education program is mandatory in schools(ii) To conduct road safety awareness training programsfor teachers, parents and citizens(iii) Organise campaigns and orientation programs for allcategories of road users and make them aware of theirrespective responsibilities

NGOs NA

PILLAR 5 : EDUCATION

3 Development of RSE school curriculum as part of a package on Life/Value Education in the syllabi of

classes VI to XII. To ensure that relevant road safety skills are taught to each age group in a structured way, school boards could develop their curriculum and plans in association with other part of the package, such as

environment, consumer and health issues.

Accomplished School Education Department, Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Directorates & Commissionerates of Police


S.NO. Activity

Target




On the basis of review and research of current road safety education practices and responsibilities the School Education Department has divided the entire curriculum on three major aspects according to the age group. It remains in details – a) Age Group – 5 to 7 yrs. (Primary Education) : At this agethe children are commonly accompanied by theirguardians or any senior member of the family orneighbour. It is important for both of them to be trainedon following aspects which are included in the syllabusand curriculum. i) To understand that crashes can lead to be hurt; ii) To take care of traffic not only towards the point ofapproach but also towards both sides before crossing; iii) To understand safer position to follow and to cross theroad; iv) To understand signals to cross the road;

b) Age Group – 8 to 12 yrs. : At this age students in ruralareas as well as in urban areas somehow independentlymove in a group to the school if they are not carried by theschool buses. They also play outside the school buildingwithout attendance of a teacher or a caretaker. At thisstage curriculum includes i) To understand traffic light, signage’s, road marking andsignals displayed on road; ii) To understand signals given by the drivers and trafficpolices; iii) To learn different types of road marking and trafficsignage’s; iv) To remain careful while coming out of the school duringplay time; v) To consider visibility during rain, in fog, and in dusk &dawn; vi) To learn the importance of wearing of helmet; vii) To know simple first-aid treatment;

c) Age Group – 13 to 16 yrs. : At this age students moveusing public transport alone or through by-cycle.Sometimes the students accompany their youngerbrothers or sisters with them on by-cycle also.Accordingly, the curriculum includes : i) To ride a by-cycle safely; ii) To know different hazards of traffic; iii) To know rules and regulation of road safety; iv) To know simple first-aid treatment; v) To understand relative speed of vehicles and distance; vi) To know the science of road safety equipments.


S.NO. Activity

Target




4. Improvement and inclusion in teacher training.Improvement and inclusion of road safety lessons inteacher training

Primary Education teacher training: Accomplished

Secondary Education teacher training:One year

School Education Dept., Information & Cultural Affairs Dept., Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

NGOs, Transport Department

Rs. 6 Lakh Department of School education has already completed Teachers training for primary level and similar training for upper primary and secondary level will be completed by the end of 2015. Kolkata police conducts workshops and sensitization programs for road safety for school teachers at traffic training school and this shall be improved upon. Draft road safety policy envisages road safety training programs for teachers

5. Introduction of community education initiatives. Toensure road safety and other socially relevant messagesreach children, who are unable to attend school on aregular basis, and to educate the community, theparents and older generations, community educationprogrammes such as rallies, street plays, puppet shows,etc. need to be developed to be part of RSE.

Information & Cultural Affairs Dept., Directorates & Commissionerates of Police

District Magistrate,NGOs

NA Out of total State population 9.13 crore, School Education Department is imparting RSE to about 2 crore school students. Rest of the population includes children outside the school, parents of the students and public in general who should be trained and awareness may be generated among them by wide publication on the importance of road safety. Rallies and displays are conducted by the District Road Safety Committee and Kolkata Police every year during road safety week and Transport Department shall coordinate with District road safety authority to elaborate safety week more in rural areas also.

6. Show films on road safety in all cinema halls anddisplay hoardings regarding road safety at all importantlocations like Government Buildings, Railway Stations,Bus Stations, Airports, etc.

Information & Cultural Affairs Dept.


Rs. 5 crore The department has been sensitized to initiate works onRoad Safety awareness

7. Media Sensitization workshops : Promote Media co-operation and participation to disclose the pathetic roadscenario and highlight outstanding road safetyinitiatives through responsive and objective reporting.

Information & Cultural Affairs Dept.


The department has been sensitized to initiate works onRoad Safety awareness

8. Health checkups: Periodic eye/health check-ups ofdrivers should be conducted.

This will be jointly decided by the Transport Department & Department of Health & Family Welfare.

Department of Health & Family Welfare


Rs. 10 Lakh

It is being taken up in Road safety week


S.NO. Activity

Target




9. The Supreme Court of India has stressed that the victims of road accidents need to be provided medical aid in the first instance and thereafter only the procedural laws can operate. A detailed note in this regard was circulated to all State Governments vide No. RT-25028/2/2003-RSC dated 9th September 2004 for wide publicity. The apex court has further directed that the doctors must not refuse treatment to an accident victim and that police should not harass good Samaritan. Hospitals and police officials need to be sensitized on this issue. Instruction to be reiterated to all police personnel and registered doctors

Accomplished Department of Health & Family Welfare


NA A circular has been issued by Health & Family Welfare department No. HF/SPSRC/21/2015/212 dated 10/08/2015 for Good Samaritan

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10. Ensure Road Safety Week activities every year. InvolveRWAs, Corporate inc PSUs, Schools, Colleges, media


School Education Dept., Information & Cultural Affairs Dept., Directorate & Commissionerates of Police

Expenses occurred in the activity

It is being done every year.


S.NO. Activity

Target

Remarks Annexure

1. Upgradation of trauma care facilities at Govt. health centers

Upto March 2016. 28 units with Critical Care facilities will be functional.

42 hospitals have treatment of emergency/post crashes cases including trauma, 30 hospitals with critical care facility will be functional by December 2015. By March 2016 40 more critical care facility in hospitals will be functional

2. To verify and designate the existing healthcare facilities along the Highways and upgrade those found deficient to minimum defined levels and to plan for new facilities where there is a deficit so as to ensure the availability of one emergency care facility at every 50km along the national highways.

Upto March 2016, 5 Trauma Care Units, 3 tertiary and 2 secondary level units will be functional

8 trauma care units are proposed in 12th FYP (2012-17) on National Highways

3. Plan for seamless networking amongst health facilities, rescue services, existing fleet of ambulances, etc. through a single toll-free helpline.

Total number of registered ambulances 9531 out of which 24 ambulances are attached to the trauma care centers. 102 is the universal number for emergency ambulance helpline

4. Deploy ambulances and crash rescue vehicles near accident prone spots on state highways

10 State of the art trauma care ambulances

Procedural process for procuring 10 such ambulances has been initiated. The strength of ambulances will be increased further keeping in view the available human resources.

5. Capacity building and regular training in First Aid to the people who are near the highways like toll people, workers at shops and dhabas, volunteers from neighboring villages


Department of H & FW is ready to provide the technical manpower in the training to be arranged by the Transport Deptt. Approx. Budget for a 1 day training of a batch of 40 trainees will be Rs. 30,800/- (breakup: Min wages of trainees Rs.350/-, Fooding Rs. 200/- Cost of Tr. Venue Rs. 200/- = Rs. 750/- per candidate + Rs. 400/- as refreshment allowance per trainer, 2 in number). Total fund required for training 5000 volunteers will be Rs. 30,800 x 125 = Rs. 38,50,000/-Alternatively an NGO like St. John’s Ambulance or Indian Red Cross can be roped in to conduct the training. At present in the Rural Sector there are Accredited Social Health Workers ÁSHA' who mainly look after Public Health and RCH programmes. They are directly under the nearest Block Hospitals and are supposed to report any untoward incident occuring in her area.

6. Arrangements need to make to train emergency medical technicians and doctors with requisite skills in emergency response services. EMTs and paramedics manning ambulances must be particularly trained in trauma care.

440 medical and paramedical personnel including nurses.

Regular training is being conducted to train Medical Officers & Nurses in critical care. Specialised training in Basic & Advanced Life Saving Support will be given to 60 Medical Officers, 60 Paramedics & 200 Nurses in collaboration with Singhealth of Singapore.

PILLAR 6 : EMERGENCY CARE


S.NO. Activity

Target

Remarks Annexure

7. As per the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, the drivers of heavy motor vehicles are required to be trained in first aid trauma care and the vehicles equipped with first aid boxes.


This activity is taken up in S.No.-5, in which 1000 drivers per year would be trained out of 5000 volunteers.Alternatively an NGO like St. John’s Ambulance or Indian Red Cross can be roped in to conduct the training.

Department of H & FW is ready to provide the technical manpower in the training to be arranged by the Transport Deptt. Approx. Budget for a 1 day training of a batch of 40 trainees will be Rs. 30,800/- (breakup: Min wages of trainees Rs.350/-, Fooding Rs. 200/- Cost of Tr. Venue Rs. 200/- = Rs. 750/- per candidate + Rs. 400/- as refreshment allowance per trainer, 2 in number). Total fund required for training 5000 volunteers will be Rs. 30,800 x 125 = Rs. 38,50,000/-Alternatively an NGO like St. John’s Ambulance or Indian Red Cross can be roped in to conduct the training.

Calcutta Tramways Company trained 295 drivers and conductors in year 2015

Calcutta State Transport Corporation have a special team that deals with road accidents. This team reaches the spot and medical care is given. CSTC is developing an mobile application which would have an ‘emergency’ option. The very moment this option is selected by a person, his location would be traced and help would be sent.

North Bengal State Transport Corporation trained about 300 drivers, conductors and mechanics.

South Bengal State Transport Corporation have till now sent 30 members for training programmes organised by police, Govt. and quasi-govt. organisations.

9. Start a Model of Emergency care on an accident prone stretch and evaluate results


Support required from PWD Roads Department : 1)Meeting/ Information regarding the stretch of Road selected. 2) GIS mapping of the selected portion. 3) Facilities & planning as to the 'model stretch'. 5) Deptt. of Health & Family Welfare will fit into their plan of action.

8. Train State Transport Undertaking staff including drivers and conductors in First-Aid

NA


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