PPP policy required for intelligent traffic to reduce road accidents: Gadkari
The Centre on Tuesday announced a public private partnership (PPP) model for an intelligent traffic system to reduce road accidents. Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said there is a need for a policy and a reputed private consultant will be appointed to come out with the model. Gadkari asserted that post implementation of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, road accidents and related deaths have come down.
On an average, India witnesses about 5 lakh road accidents per annum in which about 1.5 lakh people die and about 3 lakh are crippled.
“This is the time we should go for PPP (public private partnership) model in transportation…We will appoint a private consultant, a good reputed company to study how we can make PPP model in transport system particularly in Intelligent Transport System (ITS) at state level, municipal corporation level and the National Highways level,” the minister said while addressing a webinar on road safety. He announced a tender will be released soon in this regard.
