{"id":28343,"date":"2018-10-24T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28343"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:25:57","slug":"fix-the-pothole-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fix-the-pothole-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix the pothole problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/fix-the-pothole-problem\/article24436287.ece\">Fix the pothole problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Article:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Piyush Tewari, CEO, Save LIFE Foundation, emphasized on problems caused by potholes and also suggested ways to address these problems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Analysis:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. Potholes are usually caused by the presence of heavy traffic and water on roads.<\/p>\n<p>3. Studies conducted in cities such as Chandigarh and Mumbai point to the lack of a proper drainage system and weak proportioning of aggregates for road construction.<\/p>\n<p>4. The number of deaths caused by potholes is rising day by day in India.<\/p>\n<p>5. In 2016, potholes claimed six lives every day in India.<\/p>\n<p>6. Potholes related deaths mostly caused in monsoon season.<\/p>\n<p>7. However, the large number of potholes related deaths go unaccounted because crash reporting protocols vary from State to State.<\/p>\n<p><u>8. Deaths caused by potholes:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As per the official statistics, potholes claimed 11,836 lives and left 36,421 persons injured in India from 2013 to 2016.<\/li>\n<li>State wise data revealed that Madhya Pradesh, Utttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra have maintained a fairly consistent record of being among the top four in road crashes.<\/li>\n<li>Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, and West Bengal feature regularly among the top 10 States in the same categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>9. The author highlighted the various challenges to deal with this problem such as:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The absence of unified statute or law on road construction, engineering and maintenance.<\/li>\n<li>The existing legislation for road safety, the Motor Vehicles Act, has no provisions to ensure accountability of road authorities.<\/li>\n<li>Road contractors and engineers not held criminally liable for causing deaths.<\/li>\n<li>The Motor Vehicles(Amendment) Bill , 2017, for road safety still awaits passage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>10.The author also highlighted the various solutions to address the problems caused by potholes such as:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>a) The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, need to be passed for road safety which includes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bill aims to rectify several systemic issues by providing a uniform driver licensing system.<\/li>\n<li>Protecting children and vulnerable road users.<\/li>\n<li>Rationalising penalties and creating accountability in road construction.<\/li>\n<li>For any road injury or death, the designated authority responsible to construct road is to be penalized with sum of Rs 1 lakh.<\/li>\n<li>The Bill directs that safety standards be prescribed by the central government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>b) Ensure the use of standardized methodology and good quality material for road construction.<\/p>\n<p>c) Need for regular maintenance and an effective system to ensure accountability.<\/p>\n<p>d) Need to incorporate the safe system approach in all aspects of road design, engineering, and construction.<\/p>\n<p>e) Take into the possibility of human error.<\/p>\n<p>f) Ensure that the surrounding environment and infrastructure are designed to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>g) At a policy level, need to create an enabling framework that weaves in different progressive aspects across stakeholders sectors under one legislation.<\/p>\n<p>h) The guidelines provided by the Indian Road Congress should be implemented properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fix the pothole problem Article: Piyush Tewari, CEO, Save LIFE Foundation, emphasized on problems caused by potholes and also suggested ways to address these problems. 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