The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) must take action if firms entrusted with maintenance and toll collection do not ensure pothole-free and safe commuting along highway corridors, Executive Director of the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) T. Elangovan said here on Tuesday.
The firms are bound by their agreement with the NHAI to ensure fast and safe use of the corridor and, subsequently, the defect-liability period (the time span during which they will be held liable for any defective construction, resurfacing and other works they carried out), he said.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a day-long workshop organised by the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre, Greater Cochin Development Authority, and the National Safety Council on ‘Accident-free Kochi – ensuring safe, inclusive mobility for a sustainable Kochi’.
