C.P. Joshi asks engineers not to compromise with safe road design
March 31st, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Dr. C.P. Joshi has asked the road engineers not to compromise with the appropriate and safe road design.
Addressing a workshop on consideration of road safety, Joshi said: “All Road designs should be a compromise between the ideal and the reasonable outcome in terms of cost, safety, service life, environmental and social issues.”
“The road design should not be an ad-hoc generalization to justify adopting some inferior and unsafe features to save money. Finding the appropriate balance should be our foremost priority, which could be assisted by objective research,” he added.
Expressing his concern on road accidents, Joshi said that over one lakh persons get killed and more than 4.5 lakh persons are injured in our country every year in Road accidents and the vulnerable Road users constitute 60-80 per cent of total traffic fatalities in India.
“The number of fatalities in the last two decades has seen a huge growth due to exponential growth of vehicles on our roads,” he added.
The workshop was jointly organized by National Highways Authority of India and Indian Road Congress.
It covered the themes including approach to road safety during design; Road safety audit- accident mitigation measures, safeties in work zones on road projects and innovative road safety devices. (ANI)
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