Tag : Auditors

Roorkee (The Hawk): Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITRoorkee), organized the fourth 15-days training program on Road Safety Audit from May 30, 2022 to June 13, 2022, in association with Indian Roads Congress (IRC) and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). The program 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 during 2020. While the major contributors of road traffic crashes can be primarily due to many reasons including driver’s error, over-speeding, drinking and driving, and the negligence of other drivers; but 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 in roads 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 inaugural event of the course was hosted at the Department of Civil Engineering (CED) which was attended by Prof. A. K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee; Prof. P. K. Sikdar, President of Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Private Limited, New Delhi; Prof. Manoranjan Parida, Deputy Director; Prof. Praveen Kumar, Head of the Civil Engineering Department; Prof. Sanhita Das, ...