ANNUAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP - 26th February 2007
As per legal covenant
with the World Bank, ‘ Tamil Nadu Road Sector shall cause HD to conduct an
annual road sector workshop to obtain feedback from major stakeholders,
including representatives of relevant departments of Tamil Nadu, road user
and transport associations, relevant NGOs, business and agricultural
interests, and the road construction industry, on progress achieved during
the preceding year with service delivery improvements and sector reform, and
communicate annually to the Bank the results of such forum.’
In accordance with the
above and to have an useful interaction with the stakeholders, the second
annual stakeholders workshop was held at Hotel Residency Towers, T. Nagar,
Chennai on 26.02.2007. The workshop details are annexed.
The main objective of the
Workshop was “Consultation process” among the road users in respect of
levels of service, road side amenities, new road work priorities etc. to
achieve a comprehensive planned road network system in the state of the
Tamil Nadu. The purpose of the stakeholder participation in the workshop is
to give an opportunity to the general public as well as to the road users
and other stakeholders to interact with the Highways Department through
consultation on the subject of improvement to the road network and roadside
amenities apart from sharing of information on the activities of the
department. The feedback will be used as inputs for suitably incorporating
in the Highways Master Plan, Road Safety and Congestion Management Plan.