The ministry of road transport and highways is planning to start 3,000 drivers’ training centres in rural areas with an aim to provide jobs in rural areas.
The ministry also proposes to make it compulsory for trucks to have air-conditioned cabins to make driving comfortable.
The government is also planning to open vehicle fitness and pollution centers in villages to generate employment, roads minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. He was addressing over 250 non-governmental organizations working on road safety.
Under a new plan, Gadkari said computers are going to be used to evaluate results for driving licenses and those who clear the tests would get license within three days.
“At present 30% of driving licence holders in the country have got their licences through inappropriate ways,” the minister said, adding that the new system would be more transparent and efficient. The computerized licensing facilities spread across more than five acres would be set up in the next five years, he said.
Gadkari said that his ministry has already drafted a bill to set up a National Road Safety Authority and is likely to soon get cabinet approval for it. “We are just waiting for approval from the finance ministry,” said the minister.
Another project on which the ministry is now working on is developing roadside amenities that would be equipped with helipads for quick transfer of accident victims to hospitals or poly clinics with all basic medical facilities present and all busy traffic corridors will have trauma centres along the highways. The minister also announced that a scheme will be worked out to provide NGOs working in the field of the road safety with financial assistance of Rs.3 lakh for educating masses and holding awareness drives.
The ministry also proposes to make it compulsory for trucks to have air-conditioned cabins to make driving comfortable.
The government is also planning to open vehicle fitness and pollution centers in villages to generate employment, roads minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. He was addressing over 250 non-governmental organizations working on road safety.
Under a new plan, Gadkari said computers are going to be used to evaluate results for driving licenses and those who clear the tests would get license within three days.
“At present 30% of driving licence holders in the country have got their licences through inappropriate ways,” the minister said, adding that the new system would be more transparent and efficient. The computerized licensing facilities spread across more than five acres would be set up in the next five years, he said.
Gadkari said that his ministry has already drafted a bill to set up a National Road Safety Authority and is likely to soon get cabinet approval for it. “We are just waiting for approval from the finance ministry,” said the minister.
Another project on which the ministry is now working on is developing roadside amenities that would be equipped with helipads for quick transfer of accident victims to hospitals or poly clinics with all basic medical facilities present and all busy traffic corridors will have trauma centres along the highways. The minister also announced that a scheme will be worked out to provide NGOs working in the field of the road safety with financial assistance of Rs.3 lakh for educating masses and holding awareness drives.
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