MUMBAI – 4TH NATIONAL INDIA ROADS CONFERENCE 2011 – ASAPP MEDIA
4th National India Roads Conference will include the elements in road safety that need to be considered from an infrastructure perspective, particularly: Technology of road surfaces: striking a balance between cost and safety, comparative analysis of bitumen and concrete from safety parameters Design, standards, maintenance contracts, auditing Legal and institutional framework for road safety. The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution proclaiming a Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, which aims to save lives by halting the increasing trends in road traffic deaths and injuries world-wide. India has the highest annual road death toll, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 130,000 people die each year across the country in crashes caused by speeding, bad roads, overcrowding and poor vehicle maintenance and a million get maimed. This amounts to nearly 3% GDP loss. In India, road safety has finally found its way to the Parliament. The Natio...