SAFETY MEASURES

All the necessary safety measures are being taken in the entire project highway. The EPC’s have sufficient knowledge& expertise in safe working methods and accordingly resources are being continuously employed. Traffic Management Plan has been submitted vide letter number ISC-NHAI/Surat/09/21 dated 07.12.2009, which is approved vide letter no. NHAI-PIU-41-15754 dated 09-09-2009 by NHAI.Duly approved Traffic Management Plan has already been issued to EPC’s vide letter no. ISC-ISSO/Surat/10/547 dated 1.07.2010 for implement in the sites.Road safety week was celebrated by Concessionaire during 1st week of January 2012.

According to the ModelConcession Agreement, NHAI has appointed M/s Mott Macdonald Pvt. Ltd. as a "Safety Consultant" for carrying out safety audits of the Project Highway in accordancewith the safety requirements set forth in Schedule-L subject to para 2.2 and 4.1 of ToR for the aforesaidPhases of Project.

Safety consultant submitted Monthly Progress Report for the month of January 2013 to NHAI vide letter no. GKS/SN/291358/2013/6430 dated20.02.2013. NHAI forwarded the report to IE vide letter no. NHAI/PIU-Surat (Expressway)/41-RS/2013/820 dated 01.03.2013 and asked to take thesuitable necessary action and also furnish the detailed comments I reports on the said matter. Further, IE forwarded the same to Concessionaire to submit compliance to the comments and observations of the Safety Consultant in Their MPR for the month of January 2013. Subsequently, Concessionaire hereby submit its comments on the observation of the Safety Consultant as below:-

Development Stage

  1. Concessionaire vide letter no. SI-PO/NH-6/2012-13/7682 dated 31st Dec’2012, SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/7900 dated 31st Jan’2013 and SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/8019 dated 19th Feb’2013submitted Baseline Data to NHAI/Safety Consultant with all the design details including Plan and Profile drawings with horizontal and vertical alignments, layouts of intersections; interchanges; road cross-section; bus bays; truck lay bys; toll plaza detailed drawing, traffic sign board and road marking drawings, traffic diversion plan etc.
  2. Concessionaire vide letter no. SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/8019 dated 19th Feb’2013 submitted Health and Safety Plan, Safety weekly reports etc.
  3. Concessionaire vide letter no. SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/8019 dated 19th Feb’2013 submitted road accident data for last two years.
  4. Development Safety Audit Reportprepared by the Safety Consultants after carrying out the Development Safety Audit of the drawings, details and other information made available by Concessionairewas submitted to NHAI by consultant vide letterno. GKS/UB/291358/2012/6392 dated 31.01 .2013 which was further submitted to IE and Concessionaire vide NHAI letter no. NHAI/PIU-Surat (Expressway)/41-RS/2013/468 dated 04.02.2013.

Construction Stage

  1. Concessionaire vide letter no. SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/8019 dated 19th Feb’2013 submitted Health and Safety Plan, Safety weekly reports etc.
  2. Concessionaire vide letter no. SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/8019 dated 19th Feb’2013 submitted road accident data for last two years.
  3. Concessionaire organised the visit for Safety Audit which was completed successfully by the team of Road Safety Consultant from 17.12.2012 to 20.12.2012 for carryingout Construction Safety Audit as well as Work Zone Safety Audit informed by Concessionaire to the authority vide letter no. SI-PO/NH-6/2013-14/8019 dated 19th Feb’2013.

Mott MacDonald has conducted the Safety visit from 4th Dec 2013 to 7th Dec 2013 and submitted various Safety related issues on TrafficSigns, Speed Limit, Road Markings, Junctions, Local Alignment ,Bridges and culverts , unauthorised median opening , parking , encroachment , pedestrian crossings, footpaths, metal beam crash barrier, night time, operations and maintenance and traffic movement .

Mott MacDonald had submitted the Safety Audit report for the month March 2014 in which Mott MacDonald has provided the safety related issues complied before PCOD and after POCD.

Concessionaire vide letter 10495 dated 7th April 2014 had submitted the compliance report for the concerns raised by Mott MacDonald.

IE vide letter 4917 dated 3rd June 2014 has submitted the status of Safety concerns raised by Mott MacDonald.

IE vide letter 5027 dated 12rd July 2014 had requested to Concessionaire for submit the Compliance-Safety Issues –Gujarat/MH Border- Surat-Hazira report.

Concessionaire vide letter 10958 dated 15th July 2014 had submitted the Compliance-Safety Issues –Gujarat/MH Border- Surat-Hazira report & IE vide letter 5037 dated 17rd July 2014 had reviewed Compliance-Safety Issues –Gujarat/MH Border- Surat-Hazira report given observations/comments ,same has been forwarded to RO NHAI Gandhinagar through NHAI letter no. 3118 on dated 21th July 2014.

NHAI Letter no.: 3852 dated 03.09.2014 regarding 'Submission of Road AccidentReport- January to March 2014 and April to May 2014' along with the report of Safety Consultant M/sMott MacDonald addressed to IE.IE letter no. 5193 dated 12.09.2014 reviewed & request the concessionaire to submit your comments on the road accident report & also joint inspection with IE for verification of safetyissues at site for submitting the report to the Authority.

At all the work sites, the contractor has been instructed to provide helmets, safety shoes, safety jackets & masks etc. to all the workers. We are also ensuring that the proper accessories are available & maintained for all the components of all the structure, wherever work is in progress.

Regular inspection is being done to ensure the safety of pedestrians, workers, vehicles and to facilitate smooth flow of traffic. Health and Safety directory has been formed to ensure the best safety awareness in site of both packages:

Health & Safety Directory
Sr. No. / Name / Functional Designation / Designation / Location / Mobile Number / Responsibilities
1 / Mr. Suraj Bhardwaj / GM-Project / GM Concessionaire / Surat / 9099007989
PACKAGE - A (Isolux Section)
2 / Mr. Deepak Gupta / R.E. (Package-A) / Project Corridor Controller-A / Sachin / 9099091629 / Concessionaire interface with Project site Health & Safety Officer.
3 / Mr. Chandan Kr Thakur / Officer safety / Project Site Safety Officer-A / Sachin / 9099914086 / Responsible for mobilizing emergency response team, from available staff at site, for vehicle recovery and other activities.
PACKAGE - B (Soma Section)
8 / Mr. Bhalendu Singh Bisht / Resident Engineer / Project Site Safety controller / Vyara / 90990 07991 / Concessionaire interface with Project site Health & Safety Officer.
9 / Mr. E. Srinivas / Sr. Manager (Quality) / Project Site Safety Officer - B - 1 & 2 / Songarh & Vyara / 9687653549 / Manages all project site health & safety related activities
10 / Mr. B.V. Prasad / Assistant / Duty Officer - B-1 / Songarh / 9687653570 / Responsible for liaison with local Police, Ambulance and Hospital
11 / Mr. Moh. Rafi / Assistant / Duty Officer - B-2 / Vyara / 9687653571 / Responsible for liaison with local Police, Ambulance and Hospital
12 / Mr. B.V. Prasad / Assistant / ITCP Duty Officer - B-1 / Songarh / 9687653570 / Responsible for internal Traffic Control plans.