Funding Options
Road Safety Programmes using Kerala Road Safety Fund
The Kerala Road Safety Fund is established under Sec-11 of Kerala Road Safety Authority Act. The Kerala Road Safety Authority aims to improve road safety in the State by providing support to all stake-holding departments and District Road Safety Councils (DRSC) in the state to reduce the risk of deaths and serious injuries from road crashes through multi-sectoral road safety interventions that specifically targets local communities and high-risk locations.
The District Road Safety Council is well placed to plan, implement and deliver road safety projects relevant to their communities. The stakeholders have an adequate knowledge of the local road networks, the behaviour of road user groups, local traffic conditions, traffic management issues and road accident situation etc; that they come out with appropriate road safety interventions to mitigate the safety issues. The following are the sources of the fund.
- Amount transferred under Section 10(6)- ie cess under this act after deducting the expenses for collection/recovery- transferred to the fund
- Grants, Loans or Advances made by the State and Central Govt.
- Contributions from public or private institutions or organizations
- Compounding fee collected section 26 of KRS Act
- The Govt. shall contribute to the Fund every year, an amount equal to 50% of the compounding fee collected in the previous year under section 200 of the MV Act-1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988)
Click here to download "Guidelines and Format for Submitting Proposal" under the above scheme
Road Safety Programs under Challenge Fund
The Kerala Road Safety Authority aims to assist the District Road Safety Councils (DRSC) in the state to reduce the risk of deaths and serious injuries from road crashes in their local communities through a multi-sectoral approach that specifically targets local people and high- risk locations.
The District Road Safety Council is well placed to plan, implement and deliver road safety projects relevant to their communities. The stakeholders have an adequate knowledge of the local road networks, the behaviour of key road user groups, local traffic conditions, traffic management issues and road accident situation. Under the World Bank assisted Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP-Phase II), an amount of 4.0 Million US Dollars(approx. Rs.25.5 crore) is earmarked for the Challenge Fund. It is a dedicated fund allocated for DRSCs to replicate the lessons learnt from Safe Road Corridor Demonstration Program (SCDP). Since, SCDP takes time, it has been decided to invite proposals from DRSCs to pilot one or two multi-sectoral road safety programs in their district. The Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) will work in partnership with District level stakeholders to fund the Challenge Fund projects targeting road safety issues at local level.
