NEW DELHI: Highway engineers can no longer decline to attend issues and pass the buck citing “jurisdictional” demarcations.
The road transport ministry is now carrying out GIS (geographic information system) mapping of the jurisdiction of each project director and regional officers who are responsible for NH projects .
The ministry has directed all officers concerned to feed the details of ‘start’ and ‘end’ points of NH stretches by May 10. Regional officers have been instructed to validate the details.
According to a ministry circular, the objective of this initiative is to “clearly define the responsibility areas” for each NH. Data collected will be used for various communication purposes related to the country’s highway system.
“Once we have accurate data, fixing accountability will be easier. Since now the focus will be on managing highways and their proper maintenance, this accurate data system is very crucial,” said an official.
The road transport ministry is now carrying out GIS (geographic information system) mapping of the jurisdiction of each project director and regional officers who are responsible for NH projects .
The ministry has directed all officers concerned to feed the details of ‘start’ and ‘end’ points of NH stretches by May 10. Regional officers have been instructed to validate the details.
According to a ministry circular, the objective of this initiative is to “clearly define the responsibility areas” for each NH. Data collected will be used for various communication purposes related to the country’s highway system.
“Once we have accurate data, fixing accountability will be easier. Since now the focus will be on managing highways and their proper maintenance, this accurate data system is very crucial,” said an official.
