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CURRENT AFFAIR
- Recently, the 18th meeting of National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and 39th meeting of Transport Development Council (TDC) were held in New Delhi under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH)
RELEVANCE
- GS Paper 2 Government policies and interventions GS Paper 3 Infrastructure
Key Points
- Discussion with States the steps required for improving the engagement of the society towards accidents, and victims, whose life can be saved within the first ‘golden hour
Golden hour
- ’ The immediate one-hour time period following a traumatic injury, during which, chances of preventing death by way of prompt medical treatment are the highest
Road safety aspects discussed in the meeting
- The Motor Vehicle Amendment Act
- Tourist Vehicles Authorisation and Permit Rules 2019
- Bus port guidelines
- Digitisation of transport and abolition of border check posts
- Inter-state transfer of vehicle registration and driving licenses
Improvements made
- Harmonisation of road tax across States – One Nation One Tax
- Vehicle scrapping policy
- Guidelines for setting up, authorisation and operation of vehicle scrapping facility
- Implementation of vehicle tracking platform under Nirbhaya framework
- 36% improvement on national highways and 26% on State highways
ROAD MAP
- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari emphasized upon the combined efforts of all stakeholders to curb road accidents across the country
- He also called upon all transport ministers of the states to come forward for preparation of a roadmap that without bothering the expenses much will serve the larger public
National Road Safety Council
- It is an advisory body which was established under section 215 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 with the objective of improving road safety aspects in the road transport sector
- The Council is chaired by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- In 2011, MoRTH formed five separate working groups on the four Es of road safety- Education Engineering of Roads Engineering of Vehicles Enforcement, and Emergency Care
Transport Development Council
- It is the highest body to advise the Government on all matters relating to roads and road transport
- The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways is the Chairman of the Council
- It meets at least once a year
WAY AHEAD
- Include NGOs and engineering students in conducting road audits
- Bring behavioral change towards road safety
- Road discipline should begin from the family, school and society level
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