(a) whether there is any proposal to install special phone booths and provide wayside amenities along the national highways to help motorists and accident victims;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the time by which such telephone booths/amenities are likely to be provided; and
(d) the expenditure estimated to be incurred thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a)to(c) Ministry has a policy for facilitating development of wayside
amenities along National Highways which include parking space for
vehicles, snack bar/restaurant,
toilets, dormitory for short duration rest, first aid, telephone booth,
petrol pump/minor repair shop (optional) kiosks for sale of miscellaneous
/sundry items and landscaping, truck/bus lay-bye as per the requirements.
Emergency call boxes have already been installed on Kotputli-Amer and Jaipur-
Kishangarh section of NH-8, Chennai Bypass Phase-I, Taqda-Nellore section of
NH-5 and Nandigama-Ibrahimpatnam section of NH-9. Emergency call boxes are
proposed to be installed on some of the sections of NH-1, NH-2, NH-5, NH-8 and
Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway and this work is targeted to be completed by
December, 2006.
(d) These facilities are provided as part of the construction project.