The road to safety

April 2016

With a population of over a billion people, it's no surprise that fatalities from road accidents in India amount to little more than just statistics....

Tags: Road safety, Heavy traffic, Road Transport, Safety Bill, Rural Development Gopinath Munde, Road infrastructure, Global NCAP, Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Programme, Harman Singh, Vinod Kumar Kanumala, IFROS, World Health Organization, RTO, Milind Bharambe, Supreme Court

Arnab Bandyopadhyay, Lead Transport Specialist and Dipan Bose, Transport Specialist World Bank

April 2016

Engineering issues in road safety management pertain to two main areas, i.e. road infrastructure safety and vehicle safety....

Tags: Engineering, Road safety management, Rouhan Sharma, Road builders, IRAP, Transport, Road Safety Bill, Arnab Bandyopadhyay

The fine is so meagre. Rs.100 has hardly any value in today´s world, especially in a city like Mumbai

April 2016

Have you seen the digital boards we already have? They are a little archaic but are being modernised to give all traffic advisories and route advisor...

Tags: Milind Bharambe, Traffic, Equipment, VMS, MTP, CCTV, Road Safety Bill

Gadkari hopeful of pushing Road Safety Bill in next Parliament session

February 2016

Despite stiff political hurdles, Nitin Gadkari-led Road and Highway Ministry hopes to soon push the long pending Road Safety Bill in the upcoming Par...

Tags: Nitin Gadkari, Road and Highway Ministry, Road Safety Bill, Road Safety Authority

There´s an urgent need to formulate a detailed plan of action

October 2015

AB Pandya, Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC), believes that the Commission´s efforts can improve the water-related issues facing India. ...

Tags: AB Pandya, Central Water Commission, CWC, CGWB, Central Ground Water Board, Hydro-Geologically, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, Ganga Rejuvenation, Jal Kranti Abhiyan, GIS Platform, Dam Safety Bill