(a) An account for the District Road Safety Fund shall be opened in the same bank as the receipt of other taxes levied under this Act or in such other bank as the State Government may, by notification, specify.
(b) This account shall be operated by the joint signatures of the Chairman (Collector of the District) and Member Secretary of the District Road Safety Committee.
(c) This fund shall be utilised for the schemes sanctioned by the Bihar Road Safety Council.
(d) The Member Secretary of the District Road Safety Committee shall be the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the Fund.
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5. Procedure for categorisation, submission and sanction of the schemes—
(a) Request for financial assistance along with the estimates of the schemes shall be sent by the concerned departments through the designated Coordination Committees of the Lead Agencies or the District Road Safety Committee to the Secretary of the Council.
(b) All such estimates of the schemes received so, shall be collected by the Lead Agency for proper arrangement and prioritisation.
(c) The Lead Agency shall scrutinise the list of the schemes into four categories—
(i) Estimates amounting to Rupees 25 lacs.
(ii) Estimates amounting above Rupees 25 lacs to 5 Crores.
(iii) Estimates amounting above Rupees 5 Crores to 10 Crores.
(iv) Estimates amounting above Rupees 10 Crores.
(d) The Lead Agency shall place the list of schemes falling under category
(c)(i), as mentioned above, before the Executive Committee for its sanction. The list of such sanctioned schemes shall be sent to all concern for information.
(e) The Lead Agency shall place the list of schemes falling under category
(c)(ii), as mentioned above, before the Principal Secretary/Secretary of the Transport Department for its sanction. The list of such sanctioned schemes shall be sent to all concern for information.
(f) The Lead Agency shall place the list of schemes falling under category
(c)(iii), as mentioned above, before the Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Committee of the Council, for its sanction through the Secretary of the Council cum the Principal Secretary/Secretary of the Transport Department. The list of such sanctioned schemes shall be sent to all concern for information.
(g) The Lead Agency shall place the list of schemes falling under category
(c)(iv), as mentioned above, before the Chairman of the Council for its sanction through the Secretary of the Council, cum the Principal Secretary/Secretary of the Transport Department and the Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Committee of the Council. The list of such sanctioned schemes shall be sent to all concern for information.
(h) For the implementation of schemes sanctioned under sub rule (d), (e), (f) and (g) of rule 5 the Lead Agency shall notify all the schemes and disburse the fund to the concerned stake holder departments/District Road Safety Committee.
(i) The Lead Agency shall place the list and progress report of all such sanctioned schemes in the forthcoming meeting of the Bihar Road Safety Council.
(j) All stakeholder departments shall start the work immediately and send utilisation certificate and completion report within the stipulated time to the Lead Agency. The Lead Agency shall place such report before the Executive Committee.
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