1/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Want to bring to your notice a mockery of the rule of law and utter contempt for NH guidelines on a stretch of recently improved NH 169A at Laxmindra Nagar, between temple town Udupi and University town Manipal.
2/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At 81.358 km (Laxmindra Nagar) a median opening (hereinafter abbreviated as MO) (‘U’-turn) was created on 26.09.2022 by some local persons having commercial interests along both sides of the NH.
3/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia IRC:SP:84:2019 Manual of Specs and Stds for 4-laning of highways Sec 2.14.1 “In built up area, MO shall be provided as per site requirement and the spacing between two MsO in built up area shall not be less than 500 m.”
4/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Site is absolutely unsuitable for a MO. A MO which existed about 10-15 m West of current location, was closed down when the same road was not NH, but SH-65, due to many accidents some of which even resulted in deaths.
5/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Please see Sketch below. A MO exists 0.48 km towards the West and a major road junction 0.90 km to the East. Moreover the location is in a prominent dip, sloping down from East and sloping up Westwards.
6/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia No authority has accorded permission for the MO. Query to Dy Commissioner Udupi was forwarded to Urban Development Cell who forwarded it further to AEE NH Sub-Divsion PWD, Shringeri. No approval/permission accorded by AEE or Police.
7/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia No permission by agency responsible for maintenance of the NH (PWD), no permission by agency responsible for law and order as well as traffic control (Police). Yet NH dug open to create MO. No authority bothers about it.
8/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Apparently, AEE has not informed anyone about the said unauthorised MO; no details of loss of Govt property, technical defects and deficiencies available.
9/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia No efforts made by PWD either to repair the damages and close the MO or complain to police against the persons responsible for digging up the NH.
10/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Now let us take a look at the signages in close vicinity of this MO. Not a single sign is as per IRC:67-2022-Code of Practice for road signs.
11/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At 81.105 km. Is this a Mandatory, sign? Or Cautionary? Or Informatory/Guide? Six signs on one board. DANGER and GO SLOW - because they know the MO siting is unsafe? And the material used...
12/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At 81.205 km. A mandatory sign on a black background rectangle; not of the standard size for a NH designed for speed above 50 kmph. Who decided the speed limit of 30 kmph when MORT&H has approved 50 kmph design?
13/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At 81.22 km. No rumble strip on ground only on this signage. Look at the third-rate material used to put up this signage on our NH.
14/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At 81.27 km. No such sign exists either in IRC:67-2022 or in MV Act 88 as amended by MV Amdt Act 2019 or in MoRT&H Book on Road Safety Signage and Signs. So it becomes mandatory for all motorists to take a ‘U’-turn here!
15/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At Eastern Edge of MO. A pedestrian crossing sign is put up on the crossing itself; serves no purpose. Should have been 45 m ahead to give sufficient time to the motorist to react. And why those hazard signs when there are none?
16/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Across the MO on either side. No Parking-a Mandatory Sign; on a rectangular board with black background. Look at the incorrect orientation of the diagonal line over the letter ‘P’. Photo on right is the sign as mandated by IRC code.
17/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Bus stop near MO. Supposed to be an informatory sign. This is facing East, whereas, the movement of traffic is from West. No motorist can see this. Photo on right is the sign as mandated by IRC code.
18/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At Laxmindra Nagar 3rd Main Road ’T’-junction. How can this be a mandatory sign? Moreover, what purpose does it serve if placed right at the Junction?
19/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia At least seven accidents have taken place at the MO from Jan to Jun 2023.
20/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Written to DRSC, Police and PWD authorities. Nobody to take ownership of the matter. Typical सब चलता है attitude - emboldens law breakers to do their own, fully confident that nobody will bother and it will become a fait accompli.
21/21 @nitin_gadkari, @OfficeOfNG, @MORTHIndia Every law abiding, conscientious citizen, feels let down seeing all this. Request look into the matter and order the MO to be closed immediately. Request restore status and sanctity of NH back to this stretch. Thank you. जय हिन्द!
@nitin_gadkari @OfficeOfNG @MORTHIndia DRSC - District Road Safety Committee - a committee chaired by Dy Commissioner Udupi. Members -Suptd of Police, PWD and Regional Transport Dept officials and some other District officials.
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