According to sources, 16 states, which contribute up to 30 per cent of the total road accident fatalities in the country, will be taken up for the extensive audit that starts next month.
Teams comprising experts from the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd (DIMTS), IIT-Delhi and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will be starting a country-wide audit across different states to track their progress in implementing the guidelines of a Supreme Court-appointed committee on road safety.
In a first, the teams will also verify the claims made by the states in their quarterly reports submitted to the committee on their progress in improving road safety. So far, no reality checks were carried out on the reports submitted by the states.
The teams, which are part of a consortium headed by DIMTS and comprising IIT Delhi, DIMTS and TERI, were roped in by the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways after a request for proposal was floated last year. However, the work order was given to the consortium last week.
According to sources, 16 states, which contribute up to 30 per cent of the total road accident fatalities in the country, will be taken up for the extensive audit that starts next month.
“The states have been divided into four groups. The current team will conduct the audit in two groups which comprise states like Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab. The ministry will be simultaneously inviting applications for conducting audits of the remaining two groups,” an official said.
Two teams from the DIMTS consortium will start with the top accident-prone road stretches of Gujarat and Haryana (up to 100 km per state), before submitting a comprehensive report to the ministry in the next three months, who would then submit it to the SC committee on road safety. The teams will then select two other states where the audits will be carried out. The teams will conduct a detailed field audit which will entail checking the institutional arrangements in place for safer roads, and checking if the states have created dedicated funds for road safety.
“They will cross-check if the states are implementing road safety engineering measures, including correction of black spots (accident-prone stretches), and check if accidents are reported, traffic signals are functional and CCTVs put up are operational,” a senior official said.
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