Road Safety - Constitution of Road Safety Fund – Orders – Issued.

G.O.MS.No.768                                                                                                                       Dated: 20-7-2000.

Read:

G.O.MS.No.1667, Home, dated 25.5.89.

Read also:-

From the Director General of Police, letter No.120131/ASR.2/99, dated 7.8.99.

From the Special Commissioner and Commissioner for Transport, D.O.lr. No.C1/90008/99, dated 21.10.99 and 2.12.99.

ORDER:

At present the road safety programmes are undertaken by different Government Departments. However, there is no regular budget provision exclusively to undertake such programmes. These programmes are funded from the overall budget allocation of the Department. Consequently these programmes do not receive adequate financial support. Even if there is allocation in some department, it is found to be very meagre and inadequate. Consequently the departments have to look forward to Government each and every time for additional funds. This naturally delays the pace of implementation. In some cases, the departments have to search for sponsors which also tends to delay the programmes.

2. To overcome the difficulties discussed above, a suggestion was placed before the Government, that a ‘Road Safety Fund’ shall be constituted, out of the receipts of the Spot Find and compounding fee collected in Tamil Nadu to finance exclusively the road safety programmes. The Cabinet endorsed this suggestion on 28.9.99. Hon’ble Minister for Transport also announced in the State Assembly on 26.4.2000 that a Road Safety Fund shall be created in Tamil Nadu.

3. The Government after detailed examination hereby orders as follows:

1. A Fund called, ‘ Tamil Nadu Road Safety Fund’ shall be constituted out of the receipts from sport fine and compounding fee collected in Tamil Nadu . Allocation to the fund shall be made to the Fund every year.

b) The fund shall be administered by an Executive Committee headed by Secretary to Government, Home Department. The Joint Transport Commissioner(RS) shall be its Member Secretary.

2. Road Safety Programmes recommended by the Road Safety

1. Details regarding the composition of the Executive Committee, its day –to- day functioning, schemes eligible for assistance under the Fund, mode of payment etc. will be issued separately.
2. This order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department, vide its U.O.No.2286/FS/P/2000, dated 17.7.2000.

/ BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR/

P. MUTHUSAMY,

CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

The Transport Commissioner, Chennai-5.

The Director General of Police, Chennai-4.

The Commissioner of Police, Chennai-8.

The Joint Commissioner (Traffic), Chennai-8.

The Chief Engineer (National Highways), Chennai-5.

The Chief Engineer (Highways and Rural Works), Chennai-5.

The Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority,

Chennai-8.