NEW DELHI :
The ninth Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) assembly of the Japan Worldwide Cooperation Company (JICA) supported ‘Capability Growth Venture on Highways in Mountainous Areas’ was organized on-line by the Ministry of Street Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on eleventh February.
The Technical Cooperation (TC) Venture, commenced in April 2016, with an goal to boost institutional capability of growing highways in mountainous areas. This JCC was the ultimate assembly earlier than closing of the challenge in March, 2022.
Ok C Gupta, Extra. Secretary, MoRTH (IAS) joined the JCC assembly because the chairperson. SAITO Mitsunori, Chief Consultant, JICA India gave a brief speech on the assembly within the presence of different dignitaries and officers from Authorities of India (MoRTH, Nationwide Highways & Infrastructure Growth Company Ltd. (NHIDCL), and Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI)), Embassy of Japan and JICA.
Achievements of every challenge actions and the general accomplishment of the challenge was mentioned within the assembly. One of the crucial important achievements is the 5 technical guideline growth within the subject of Planning, Tunnel, Slope Safety, Bridge and Operation and Upkeep. MoRTH has efficiently authorized these pointers on thirty first January, 2022 and can publish them quickly.
The assembly additionally touched upon profitable implementation of the Mannequin actions together with DPR advice for NH54 in Assam and NH717 in West Bengal and Technical switch to Implement Pilot Venture of NH10 in Sikkim.
Talking on the event, SAITO Mitsunori, Chief Consultant, JICA India stated, ” JICA will help India’s efforts to enhance street connectivity by way of enhancing sustainability and resilience. It is a milestone occasion for JICA when it comes to our help in direction of street sector growth in India. We consider that the challenge has contributed considerably for growth of highways in mountainous areas of the nation. We’re more than happy to contribute to the event of 5 technical pointers, that are lastly adopted as MoRTH pointers. Primarily based on the profitable completion of this challenge, we are going to proceed to offer our help to boost capability growth for the upkeep of resilient mountainous highways as a brand new technical cooperation from April 2022.”
Since 2007 JICA has offered a number of technical cooperation initiatives in direction of the street sector in India together with capability growth of sustainable expressways (2007-2011), capability growth for freeway operation and upkeep Venture (2013-2015), and the Capability Growth Venture on Highways in Mountainous Areas (2016-2022). The continuing Technical Cooperation Venture is targeted extra on street growth in mountainous areas, output of which has contributed to conceptualization of recent technical cooperation which will likely be initiated from April 2022.
Supply: Live Mint