INCEPTION

REPORT

CLIENT
National Highways Authority of India
(Ministry of Road Transport & Highway, Govt. of India)

NAME OF WORK : “Four Laning of Palma – Gumla (Km 26.00 To Km 89.17) Section
of NH-23”

Name of Concessionaire : M/s. Palma – Gumla Highways Pvt Ltd

Road Safety Audit : INCEPTION REPORT (Development Stage)

Report Prepared By: Safety Consultant, Geo Designs & Research Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................2
1.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND................................................................................2
2. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................3
3. PROJECT DETAILS:....................................................................................................4
3.1. PROJECT DETAILS & FEATURES..................................................................4
3.2. SALIENT FEATURE OF THE PROJECT.........................................................5
4. OBJECTIVES................................................................................................................6
5. ROAD SAFETY AUDIT TEAM...................................................................................7
6. LOCATION OF PROJECT STRETCH.........................................................................8
7. SAFETY AUDIT PROCESS.........................................................................................9
7.1. PROJECT INFORMATION................................................................................9
7.2. Safety Audit During Design Stage.......................................................................9
7.3. Safety Audit During Construction Stage..............................................................9
7.4. Safety Audit During Pre-Opening Stage............................................................10
8. SUMMARY OF ROAD INVENTORY.......................................................................11
8.1. LIST OF BUILT-UP AREAS............................................................................11
8.2. LIST OF MAJOR JUNCTIONS........................................................................11
8.3. LIST OF MINOR JUNCTIONS........................................................................11
8.4. LIST OF CURVES............................................................................................14
8.5. Detail of proposed Bypasss................................................................................14
8.6. CERTIFICATE..................................................................................................15
9. DETAILS REQUIRED FOR DETAILED DESIGN STAGE AUDIT........................16

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND

The NHAI has appointed M/s Geo Design and Research Pvt. Ltd as Safety Consultants for the
Services for Four laning of Palma - Gumla section of NH-23 from design Km 26.00 (Palma
village) to design Km 89.17 (Gumla bypass) (Design Length – 63.170 Km) in the State of
Jharkhand under NHDP on Hybrid Annuity Mode.

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2. INTRODUCTION

As we know that road safety situation in India is worsening. Accidents, fatalities and casualties
have been increasing dramatically over last 20 years - about 5 percent growth rate over last two
decades - partly due to exponential growth of vehicles. The death rate per vehicle is 10 to 20 times
higher in India as compared to high-income countries like Sweden, Norway, Japan, Australia, UK
and USA. It is much higher even when compared to many low-income countries like Brazil,
Mexico and Malaysia.

In 2018, 4,67,044 nos. of total road accidents recorded in India . The total no. of fatalities in
2018 were recorded as 1,51,417 as per the of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Pedestrians,
bicyclists and motorized two-wheeler riders are the Vulnerable Road Users (VRU), which
constitute 60-80 percent of all traffic fatalities in India.This seems logical as this class of road users
forms the majority of those on roads.In addition, they sustain relatively more serious injuries even
at low velocity crashes, unlike car occupants who are protected by impact absorbing metallic body
of the vehicles.

A Road Safety Audit (RSA) is a formal procedure for assessing safety performance
examination of an existing or future road or intersection by an independent audit team.

Road safety audits can be used in any phase of project development from planning and
preliminary engineering, design and construction. RSAs can also be used on any sized project from
minor rural roads to inter-state National Highways. RSAs can be viewed as a proactive low-cost
approach to improve safety. This project report is prepared as a construction stageaudit report as per
IRC: SP: 88:2019. It qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues and
identifies opportunities for improvements in safety for all road users.RSAs represent an additional
tool within the suite of tools that currently make up a multidisciplinary safety management system
aimed at improving safety.

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3. PROJECT DETAILS:

The project road starts at Design Chainage 26.00 of NH-23 near Palma and terminates at
Design Chainage 89.17 near Gumla. The total proposed length of the project section is 63.17
km. The entire project stretch lies geographically within the district of Gumla,in the State of
Jharkhand.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) i.e.,the Authority is engaged in

development of National Highways entrusted to it by the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways.As part of this endeavor,the Authority has taken up its development as 4-lane with
Paved Shoulder Carriageway configurations.

For Construction and Maintenance, the project highway was awarded to M/s Palma –
Gumla Highways Pvt Ltd Concessionaire on HAM basis.

The Concession Agreement stipulates that the Concessionaire shall

develop,implement,and administera Surveillance and Safety Programmed for providing asafe
environment on or about the Project Highways and or shall comply with the Safety
requirements set for thin Schedules/Clauses of the Concession Agreement in
development,Construction and Maintenance Phase of the Project.

3.1. PROJECT DETAILS & FEATURES

Sl. No. Item Descrip
tion

1 The project Safety Consultancy for Four laning of Palma -

Gumla section of NH-23 from design Km 26.00
(Palma village) to design Km 89.17 (Gumla bypass)
(Design Length – 63.170 Km) in the State of
Jharkhand under NHAI on Hybrid Annuity Mode

2 The client National Highways Authority of India(NHAI), PIU-

Jharkhand

3 Project Implementation Project Director- Project Implementation Unit (PIU)-

Unit Ranchi

4 Concessionaire M/s Palma – Gumla Highways Pvt Ltd

5 Independent engineer Not No

6 Road Safety Audit Consultant M/s Geo Design and Research Pvt .Ltd.
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8 Length of project stretch 63.17 Km

9 Cost of the project INR 1350 Crores

3.2. SALIENT FEATURE OF THE PROJECT

Sl.
Item Existing features Proposed Features
No.
1 The project Safety Consultancy for Four laning of Palma - Gumla section of
NH-23 from design Km 26.00 (Palma village) to design Km
89.17 (Gumla bypass) (Design Length – 63.170 Km) in the State
of Jharkhand under NHAI on Hybrid Annuity Mode.
2 Toll plaza 01 New-01
3 New Construction-02
Widening - 00
Major bridge Additional 2-lane
02
bridges -00
Repair & Rehabilitation-0

4 New Construction-06
Widening – (04)
Additional 2-lane
Minor bridge 04
bridges-00
Repair & Rehabilitation-07

5 Major/Minor
04/68 10/41
Junctions
6 Flyover 0 New-02
7 VUP 12 New-28
Reconstruction Box
/SlabCulvert-44
Slab Culvert-37 Widening
Box Culvert-01 Box/SlabCulvert-00
Pipe Culvert-60 New Construction of
8 Box/Pipe/Slab Culvert Pipe Culvert in Medina Box/Slab-01/22
Drain Outlet-00 Widening of HPC-116
Reconstruction of HPC-09
New Construction of
HPC-07

9 Bus Bay 14(LHS+RHS) New-14

10 Truck Lay Bye 2(LHS+RHS) New-03
11 Bypass-2
Bypass 2
Realignment- 0
12 Pedestrian Underpass 00 00
13 Pedestrian Subway 0 0
14 ROB/RUB 0 0
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4. OBJECTIVES

Objective of the RSA is to assess project for potential accident elimination / reduction on the
basis of road user knowledge, attributes and skills, day/night, wet/dry road conditions.

The main object of road safety is to identify any existing safety deficiencies of design, layout and
road furniture, which are not consistent with the road's function and use.

Following are the objectives of Road safety audit:

 Evaluate all roadway and roadside features, design elements and local conditions (glare,
night visibility, adjacent land uses, etc.) that would increase the likelihood and severity of a
crash.
 Review first-hand the interaction of the various design elements with each other and the
surrounding road network.
 Observe how road users are interacting with the road facility.
 Determine if the needs of all road users have been adequately and safely met.
 Explore emerging operational trends or safety issues at that location.

Road safety audit identify potential safety problems for road users and others affected by a road
project and ensure that measures to eliminate or reduce the problems and considered in full.

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5. ROAD SAFETY AUDIT TEAM

Following mentions technical staff is assigned as a safety audit team.

Sr.
Position Professionals Name
No.
Senior Road Safety Auditor
1. Mr. U.K.Pani
(Team Leader) Key Personnel
2. Senior Traffic Planner Mr. Abhishek Kumar
Highway Engineer
3. Mr. Aditya Pancholi
(Road Safety Assistant)
Jr. Traffic Planner
4. Sub-key Personnel Mr. Akash Saxena
(Road Safety Assistant)
5. Survey Engineer Mr. Shyam Bharadva
6. Draftsman Mr. Siddhanta Karahe

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6. LOCATION OF PROJECT STRETCH

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7. SAFETY AUDIT PROCESS

7.1. PROJECT INFORMATION

Safety audit team has gone through with all the project information before the audit is undertaken.
The required documents appropriate prior to the audit and other supporting information includes:

 Information on project scope and objectives.

 Stage and scope of the road safety audit.
 Previous audits, responses and client decisions.
 Project assessment reports.
 Project drawings, Black spot details

7.2. Safety Audit During Design Stage

This audit processed on completion of the detailed road design. In this phase, desktop audit
will be done and typical consideration will be carried out including geometric layout, pavement
markings, signals, lighting ,road signs, intersection details, clearances to road side objects (crash
barriers/frangibility) and provision for vulnerable road users according to relevant guidelines given
by the IRC.

This stage mainly focused on three parts:

1. Review of design and drawing on design stage audit for alignment:
In this phase review of road typical cross-section and geometric layout of the alignment will be
done keeping all relevant standard guidelines into consideration.

2. Review of design and drawing on design stage audit for Structure:

It will include reviewing of interchanges and inspection of the grade separator, bridges, cross
drainage structures and side drains of the section.

3. Road Furniture:
It will include inspection of each type of road furniture that should be mounted on section like
pavement markings, road signs, signals, crash barriers, roadside hazards, lighting scheme, bus bays
and other amenities for vulnerable road users.
7.3. Safety Audit During Construction Stage
It will carried out during construction stage. It examines the safety of the traffic management plans
for each phase of construction, and it also inspects the provisions for road safety at the road work
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site during the construction period. Typical issues examined include the provisions for pedestrian
safety, advanced warning zones, adequate transition zone lengths, worker safety, effective numbers
of reflective signs, safe delineation, credible speed limits, temporary crash barriers, lighting, and
diversions.
Further, following audits will be also carried out:
1) Review of Traffic Management Plan & Implementation
2) Construction Stage Road Safety Audit (Site Visit & Reporting)
3) GAP Reports (Gaps between design and its implementation during construction)
4) Pre-opening Stage Road Safety Audit (Site Visit and Reporting)

Following are the few of many points which will be taken into consideration:
 Audit of alignment - Plan & Profile
 Audit of Typical Cross Sections
 Audit of Major & Minor intersection and median openings
 Audit of structures i.e., interchanges, grade separators, VUP, pedestrian underpass and rail
over/under bridges
 Audit of road furniture and other roadside facilities
 Audit of use of Personal Protective Equipment, First Aid facilities, etc.
 Audit of Work Zone Safety during construction and operation
 Audit of Electrical safety at plant sites, camp sites and work sites
 Audit of Plant and Equipment, vehicle operations, license/certification of operators
 Audit of storage of materials and disposal of hazardous wastes
 Asset inspection by vehicle mounted camera and GPS tracker for Desktop Audit
 Safety Engineering mitigation measures for drivers and workers

7.4. Safety Audit During Pre-Opening Stage

This audit involves a detailed inspection of the new road project immediately prior to its opening at
day and night time. It will include audits for the pavement markings, signals, lighting, road signs,
intersection details, provision of crash barriers and other amenities for road users for the day and
night time. It will be also focused on retro reflectivity of the markings and signs for the night
visibility.

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8. SUMMARY OF ROAD INVENTORY

8.1. LIST OF BUILT-UP AREAS

Design Chainage (km) Length(km Name of the
Sr. Side
From To ) Township/Villag
No.
e
1. 27+40 28+25 Left Gerhgaon
0 0
2. 30+80 31+25 Both 0.200 Jariya
0 0
3. 39+40 39+60 Both 0.300 Ita
0 0
4. 44+20 44+40 Both 0.400 Lamkana
0 0
5. 48+87 52+00 Left 1.400 Jura
0 0
6. 57+30 58+00 Both 0.400 Dhara
0 0
7. 60+10 60+80 Left 0.300 Nimra
0 0
8. 61+60 63+60 Righ 1.200 Nimra
0 0 t
9. 75+40 76+04 Left 0.400 Murgu
0 0
10. 78+70 79+00 Left 0.500 Lanji
0 0
11. 79+85 80+15 Both 0.200 Silapahari
0 0
12. 81+13 82+10 Left 0.200 Bharda
0 0
13. 84+30 85+70 Both 0.450 Khora
0 0
14. 86+40 87+00 Both 0.500 Koora
0 0
8.2. LIST OF MAJOR JUNCTIONS

SR. EXISTING DESIGN TYPE OF CROSS

CHAINAGE CHAINAGE ROAD LEADS TO Remarks
NO JUNCTION
(KM) (KM) CATEGORY

To
1 34+080 Y MDR
Lohardaga
2 51+250 T MDR To Morgaon
To
3 60+060 T MDR
Govindpur

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RHS-LHS-
4 65+600 X MDR
To Sisai
8.3. LIST OF MINOR JUNCTIONS
Location of the
Sr Intersection(KM) Type of Cross Road Features
No. Existing Design Intersection
Chainage Chainage Side Leads to Category
1. 26+050 Y RHS Local Basti VR
Y Local Basti
2. 26+640 LHS VR
3. 28+060 Y LHS Local Basti VR
4. 28+200 Y RHS Local Basti VR
5. 29+490 T LHS Local Basti VR
6. 29+860 Y LHS Local Basti VR
7. 30+250 Y RHS Garhagaon VR
8. 30+900 T RHS Local Basti VR
9. 32+100 Y RHS Seemra VR
10. 33+990 Y LHS Bero VR
11. 35+250 Y RHS Baridih VR
12. 36+130 Y LHS Local Basti VR
13. 37+900 BOTH Local Basti VR
X
SIDE
14. 38+490 Y RHS Ita VR
15. 38+180 Y LHS Rogo VR
16. 39+680 Y RHS Local Basti VR
17. 40+460 Y LHS Cahrma VR
18. 40+890 X BOTH RHS Local Basti LHS VR
SIDE Cahrma
19. 41+770 Y LHS Local Basti VR
20. 41+900 T RHS Kadojora VR
21. 42+650 T RHS Local Basti VR
22. 43+100 T RHS Local Basti VR
23. 44+430 T RHS Dumardon VR
24. 44+600 T LHS Lamkana VR
25. 44+890 T RHS Local Basti VR
26. 45+020 Y LHS Local Basti VR
27. 45+700 X BOTH RHS Local Basti LHS VR
SIDE Asro
28. 47+240 Y LHS Dolaichabharno VR
29. 48+450 Y LHS Local Basti VR
X BOTH RHS Amanpur Colony VR
30. 49+580
SIDE LHS Bharno
31. 50+600 X BOTH RHS Local Basti LHS VR
SIDE Harijan
32. 51+250 Y RHS Local Basti VR
33. 51+730 X BOTH RHS Local Basti LHS VR

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Location of the
Sr Intersection(KM) Type of Cross Road Features
No. Existing Design Intersection
Chainage Chainage Side Leads to Category
SIDE Bazar Tanr

34. 52+780 Y LHS Local Basti VR

35. 53+180 Y LHS Local Basti VR

36. 53+990 T RHS Local Basti VR

37. 55+710 Y LHS Dumbo VR

38. 56+650 X BOTH RHS Dumbo LHS Nagra VR

SIDE
39. 57+190 Y RHS Atakora VR

40. 59+020 Y RHS Local Basti VR

41. 60+140 T RHS Jaria VR

42. 60+870 Y LHS Supa VR

43 62+300 X BOTH Local Basti VR

. SIDE
44. 64+300 T RHS Bhadulai VR

45. 64+490 Y LHS Sisai VR

46. 65+250 T LHS Sisai VR

47. 65+305 Y RHS Sisai VR

48. 67+600 Y RHS Jumla VR

49. 67+610 Y LHS Lakea VR

50. 68+220 Y RHS Jumla VR

51. 68+400 Y RHS Pilkhi VR

52. 68+401 Y RHS Pilkhi VR

53. 68+403 T LHS Lakea VR

54. 69+190 T RHS Pilkhi VR

55. 71+120 T LHS Mahunda VR

56. 72+200 Y RHS Songra VR

57. 78+150 T LHS Lanji VR

58. 79+330 Y RHS Lanji VR

59. 80+920 Y LHS Patia VR

60. 81+660 T RHS Bharda VR

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Location of the
Sr Intersection(KM) Type of Cross Road Features
No. Existing Design Intersection
Chainage Chainage Side Leads to Category

61. 81+720 T LHS Local Basti VR

62. 82+290 T RHS khora VR

63. 82+840 Y RHS Bhandariya VR

64. 83+380 Y RHS khora VR

65. 86+330 X BOTH khora VR

SIDE
66. 87+720 Y RHS Bamini VR

67. 88+300 Y RHS Dhodhra VR

68. 88+310 Y RHS Urmi VR

8.4. LIST OF CURVES

Design
Chainage RADIUS Remark
SR.NO
(KM) (in m)

From To
1. 36+960 37+300 340 Curve Improvement
2. 43+890 44+200 310 Curve Improvement
3. 44+300 44+570 270 Curve Improvement
4. 72+710 73+100 390 Curve Improvement
5. 76+080 77+500 1420 Realignment

8.5. Detail of proposed Bypasss

Design
SR.NO Chainage Design Length Remark
(KM) (km)
From To
1. 31+650 35+900 4.250 Bero Bypass
2. 63+600 71+700 8.10 Sisai Bypass

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8.6. CERTIFICATE
The Road Safety Team has prepared this Inception Report and Road Safety Audit will be conducted according to the IRC Manual on Road Safety Audit.

Signed
Team Leader on behalf of the RSA Team (Dated- 19-04-2022)

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9. DETAILS REQUIRED FOR DETAILED DESIGN STAGE AUDIT

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