Transport Sector Improvement In India
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Transport sector improvement in india

Project Manager( Civil)
 Numbers of road accidents in India is amongst the highest in the world. Every morning when ever open a news papers, we find several news related to road accidents. Accidents are caused due to various  factors like carelessness, negligence, over speeding, drunkenness, untrained driving. But major reasons amongst all is overloading of good transport sector. You could see overloaded trucks plying on all over in India. Even if you find any truck with out overloading , it will be "world’s seventh wonder". I have seen normal trucks carrying 25-30 tons, which have permissible limit to carry 8-9 Tons , Trailers carrying 45-50 tons , which have permissible limits to carry- 18 tons. Even I have noticed tractor trollyies carrying 15 tons , which are supposed to carry 2-3 tons. This the normal scenario of transport sector in India.

 Main sufferers are the road and highways it selves- these have not been designed to carry such loads, result is premature damages of road.

Next sufferers are general public whose life is at stake due running of these monsters on roads, literally out of control. If any of you have sit in the cabin of a loaded truck, then only you can imagine the magnitude of risk. These overloaded trucks are  moving almost out of control, because there control mechanism is not designed for that load.

I have a good idea to control all these menace only if we have strong will. Today a major part of goods are moving through National Highways. These Highways are now toll roads, and at every 60-70 Km we have a toll plaza for toll collection. If we install Weighing Bridge at every bay of Toll Plazas, and insure that each and every vehicle passes only through weigh bridge  and after weighment. The problem is salved almost.

Now we have to insure that no one is allowed through toll plazas with loads  exceeding the permissible limits. This is in the interest of NHAI (National Highways Authority Of India) also.

Majour hurdels will pose the transport lobby, those have to controll with strong political/ administrative will. This  is to be insured that any compounding scheme or like that are not offered. Becaause if we allow any one to overload with penalty that very idea distroys the whole system. If one person is correct after paying penalty, then the person not paying penalty is how wrong. Let us see if any takes of this idea.

 

 

 

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