SAFE ROADS IN SURKHET
BY HEMANT TIWARI FROM NEPAL
The main aim of this project was to advocate for safer road infrastructure on all kinds of roads and make Road Safety Audit (RSA) mandatory. The project focused on capacity building on safer road infrastructure, along with RSA, among technical, bureaucratic, and political leaders at the central, provincial, and local government. Apart from the capacity building, an RSA of more than 30 kilometres in the area was conducted and an RSA report was prepared based on which area the team implemented the project and where different stakeholders were advised to invest in road safety infrastructure.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD
By profession, Hemant is a transport engineer who has been working in transport planning, traffic engineering, and road safety since 2011. He leads a youth-led NGO named Safe & Sustainable Travel Nepal (SSTN), which focuses on sustainable and safe transportation systems through research, awareness, capacity building, and advocacy. He is engaged as a Visiting Faculty Member in an academic institution affiliated with Civil Engineering dealing with transportation engineering and road safety. He is also part of the core members of the team working on the National Road Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 for Nepal.
IMPACT SNAPSHOTS
Empowered youth and engineering students through specialised road safety audit training and workshops, establishing a committee of young engineers capable of conducting audits and leading local advocacy in Karnali Province.
Improved road safety infrastructure by completing audits of more than 30km of road networks and implementing concrete speed management measures, including the installation of 30 km/h speed limit signs in Birendranagar Municipality.
Secured critical local government commitment and budget allocation, ensuring that ward-level resources are dedicated to ongoing road safety awareness and the implementation of future safety interventions.
organization behind the action
safe and sustainable travel nepal (sstn)
Safe & Sustainable Travel Nepal (SSTN) - Youth and Transport Engineer led NGO working in the field of the safe and sustainable transportation system in Nepal through Research, Awareness, Capacity Building & advocacy since 2017.
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