(a) whether facilities such as lighting and ambulances etc. on the National
Highways are lacking;
(b) if so, whether any survey has been conducted to identify the lack of road
facilities;
(c) if so, the outcome thereof; and
(d) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHERI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a), (b), (c) & (d): Ambulances to States/UTs and Non-Governmental organizations
are provided under National Highways Accidental Relief Service Scheme. National
Highways Authority of India (NHAI) also deploys an ambulance at an average interval
of 50 km of National Highways under Operational and Maintenance and Build, Operate
and Transfer contracts on the completed stretches of National Highways. Similarly,
NHAI has a policy of providing wayside amenities at each 50 km along National
Highways. However, no specific survey has been conducted to identify lack of
such services on National Highways.
Normally, it is not the policy of Ministry to provide light on National Highways as the
vehicular traffic moves under their own light.