IIT Roorkee organises fourth Road Safety Auditors Certification Course
India Today
IIT Roorkee has organised its fourth Road Safety Auditors Certification Course for a period of 15 days.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITRoorkee), organized the fourth 15-day training programme on Road Safety Audit from May 30, 2022, to June 13, 2022, in association with the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
The programme is a part of the road safety initiative taken up by the Government of India to have a pool of well-trained road safety auditors in the country. Road safety is an issue of paramount importance globally and is a matter of great concern for India in particular.
According to the Road Accident Statistics published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), road accidents claimed more than 130,000 lives in India in 2020.
While the major contributors to road traffic crashes can be primarily due to many reasons including driver errors, over-speeding, drinking and driving, and the negligence of other drivers, a significant proportion of road accidents may occur as the result of poorly designed roads.
Poor road design can lead to life-threatening injuries and serious accidents with motor vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and motorized two-wheelers. India is losing almost 3 % of its GDP to road crashes. To eliminate such road crashes, one of the most effective methods is to audit a road project, right from its design stage till its opening to the traffic.
The event was inaugurated and graced with the online presence of Sanjay Kumar Nirmal, Secretary-General, IRC and Additional Director General (ADG), MoRTH.
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