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Appointment of the
Jayakar Committee:
In 1927 central Govt. appointed an Indian Road development
committee under the chairmanship of M.R. Jayakar to report on the existing road conditions, and suggestion for their future
developments.
The Jayakar committee submitted its report on 1928 with the recommendations that since the provincial governments and the local bodies are not able to look after all the roads; the road development in the country should be taken up by the Central Government.
The Jayakar committee submitted its report on 1928 with the recommendations that since the provincial governments and the local bodies are not able to look after all the roads; the road development in the country should be taken up by the Central Government.
Indian Roads
Congress (I.R.C.):
The Indian Roads Congress was established by the Central
Government in 1934 as per the recommendations of the Jayakar Committee. The
I.R.C. was constituted to provide a
forum for the regular pooling the technical ideas, experiences and knowhow for the panning of the development of
the roads throughout the country.
I.R.C. provides the recommended specifications
regarding the design and construction of
the roads in the country.
IRC has collaborated with the road wing of the ministry of the surface transportation of Govt. of India. It publishes journals, standard specifications and guidelines on various aspects of highway engineering.
IRC has collaborated with the road wing of the ministry of the surface transportation of Govt. of India. It publishes journals, standard specifications and guidelines on various aspects of highway engineering.
Functions of Indian
Roads Congress (IRC):
IRC a body of professional highway engineers provides the
following services:
(i) It provides a forum for expression of collective
opinion of its members for all matters affecting the construction and
maintenance of roads in India.
(ii) It promotes the use of the standard
specifications and practices.
(iii) It provided with the suggestions for the better
methods of planning, designing, construction, administration and maintenance of
roads.
(iv)
It conducts periodical meetings to discuss
technical problems regarding roads.
(v) It makes the laws for the development,
improvement and protection of the roads.
(vi) It furnishes and maintains libraries and museums
for encouraging the science of road making.
Functions of Central Road Research
Institute (CRRI):
CRRI was started by the Central Government in 1950, for the research work
in the highway engineering. CRRI is a series of laboratories under the council
of scientific and industrial research in India. It offers the following
services:
(1)
Carries basic and applied research for the
design, construction and maintenance of the highways.
(2)
Carries research on traffic safety and transport
economics.
(3)
Carries research on economical utilization of
locally available materials for construction and maintenance of roads.
(4)
Research for the development of the new
machinery, tools equipment and instruments for highway engineering.
(5)
To provide technical advice and consultancy
services to various organizations.
(6)
To provide library and documentation services.
Roads wing of ministry of surface transport:
The roads wing of the ministry of Surface Transport handles the road
matters of the Central Govt. It is headed by a Director General.
The Director General is assisted by two additional Director Generals(one for roads and one for bridges), a numbers of Chief Engineers, Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers and Asst.
Executive Engineers. The roads wing has a chief Engineer for the North-East region posted at Guwahati and a Liaison-cum-Inspectorate organization consisting of S.E’s and E.E’s in the various states. The functions of the roads wing of Surface Transport are:
The Director General is assisted by two additional Director Generals(one for roads and one for bridges), a numbers of Chief Engineers, Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers and Asst.
Executive Engineers. The roads wing has a chief Engineer for the North-East region posted at Guwahati and a Liaison-cum-Inspectorate organization consisting of S.E’s and E.E’s in the various states. The functions of the roads wing of Surface Transport are:
(a)
To control funds approved by Central Government
for the development of National Highways.
(b)
To control the central road fund.
(c)
To prepare plans for development and maintenance
of National Highways in consultation with state PWD’s.
(d)
To oversee technically the quality of works
executed by the agencies.
(e)
To administer matters regarding road research.
(f)
To examine technically the projects of roads and
bridges prepared by the PWD’s.
(g)
To administer the central road program other
than National Highways in the Union Territories.
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