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8th Lecture on the subject “Assessment and Management of Road Safety in the School Zone – Who Is Responsible?”

Name: 8th Lecture on the subject “Assessment and Management of Road Safety in the School Zone – Who Is Responsible?”
Start: 2025-01-27T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2025-01-27T19:30:00+05:30
Location: New Delhi

January 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

As part of the Road Safety Month, IRF-IC hosted its 8 th lecture on “Assessment and Management of Road Safety in the School Zone – Who Is Responsible?”. The Guest of Honour at the evening was Shri D. Sarangi, DG (RD) & SS, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Shri. K.K. Kapila, President (Emeritus), IRF, Founder President, IRF-IC, Shri. Akhilesh Srivastava, Executive Vice President, IRF-IC & Shri Swatantra Kumar, General Manager,Regulatory Affairs, 3M India Ltd were the Guest Speakers.Prof. Manoranjan Parida, Director, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, was the special guest at the event.

Shri D. Sarangi, highlighted that in the year 2023 around 1.72 lakh road fatalities, with 60% of the victims being vulnerable road users and 35% under the age of 35 were reported in India. He mentioned about “e-Dar” which stands for electronic version of Detailed Accident Report, which collects quicker data and analysis to enhance road safety efforts. This e-DAR is completely working across the country. The 2024 e-DAR report reveals that 4.6% of road accidents in india occurred in school zones, including colleges. He stated that MoRTH plans to introduce road safety education into the school curriculum in upcoming academic session. He also mentioned that Ministry is also working to address major black spots on National Highways.

Shri. K.K. Kapila, addressed the concept of 5Es of road safety namely, Engineering of Roads, Engineering of Vehicles & Policy Intervention, Education & Mass Awareness, Enforcement and Emergency Care. He also highlighted 3 targets to be introduced during the coming months for Road Safety, which includes Helmets, Airbags for two wheelers and Motorcycle Ambulance.

Shri. Akhilesh Srivastava, emphasized about the IRF – IC School Zone Safety Programme. He briefly explained, the school zone safety monitoring portal & capacity building online course details of which are available at our website www.indiairf.com.

Shri Swatantra Kumar, GM, 3M, explained 3M’s Traffic Safety Social Initiatives. He described 3M’s initiatives of creating safer school zone & the work 3M is undertaking in association with IRF-IC.