Question : HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVING TRAINING INSTITUTES

(a) whether any Heavy Vehicle Driving Training Institute is operational in the State of Odisha;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has received any proposals/requests from various State Governments for providing financial assistance for setting up of these driving Institutes in their States;

(d) if so, the State-wise details of the proposals received and approved during the last three years and the current year; and

(e) the details of pending proposals, if any, along with the reasons therefor and the time by which these pending proposals are likely to be cleared by the Government?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI SARVEY SATHYANARAYANA)

(a) & (b) This Ministry under the scheme “Model Driving Training Schools” had sanctioned Rs. 336.00 lakhs to the Govt.of Orisha during the year 2005-06, for setting up Driver Training Institute at Chandikhole, District Jajpur, Orisha.

(c) to (e) Yes Madam. The State-wise details of the proposals received for setting up Institute of Driving Training Research (IDTR) during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure. In the Eleventh Five Year Plan, the Government had decided to set up ten model Institute of Driving Training & Research (IDTRs) at an estimated cost of Rs. 140 crores. The sanction was accorded by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for setting up IDTR at Sarkaghat (Himachal Pradesh); Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh); Rajsamand (Rajasthan); Pune (Maharashtra); Valsad (Gujarat); Bhiwani (Haryana); Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu); Aurangabad, (Bihar) and Agartala (Tripura). However Private Partner of IDTR at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu has withdrawn from the project. Besides this Ministry also intends to set up an IDTR at Rai Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

Presently, the Ministry is appraising the scheme for “Setting up Institute of Driving Training and Research” before its implementation in the Twelfth Five Year Plan.