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SIAM and Govt. of J&K jointly Organise Workshop on ‘Future Technology

Jammu, 28th December, 2018: Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM), the apex national body representing the Indian automobile sector, in association with Transport Department of Government of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), today organized a workshop on Future Norms and Safety Regulation for automobiles in India.

The objective of the workshop was to share knowledge and best-practices on futuristic technologies and regulations for automobiles in India, to J&K transport department officials. Most of the current problems in the automotive industry are widely caused due to lack of innovation in the space. Special emphasis was given to upcoming emission norms and safety regulations for automobiles so as to improve road safety and bring down accident rates.

On this association, Dr S P Vaid, IPS, Transport Commissioner, Government of J&K said “We welcome and thank SIAM for organising this important workshop at Jammu. In order to improve safety on roads, several steps need to be undertaken. For e.g. in the area of highway construction, training, Inspection and certification etc are necessary. In J & K, commercial vehicle life is for a span of 20 years, but seeing the environmental conditions, we might have to think of Delhi’s parameter of 10 year for diesel vehicles and 15 years for petrol vehicles. One I&C and IDTR centre is coming up in Jammu but we need similar centres in Kashmir also. We request the auto industry to open driving institutes on the lines of Maruti Driving Schools (MDS)”.

Mr Alok Kumar, Inspector General of Police – Traffic, J&K said “We would like to appraise that J & K is 80% hilly and therefore there is a need to train our drivers on these terrains. We would request the auto industry to take help of simulators or trained trainers so that drivers in J&K can be trained. This will play a huge role in ensuring safer driving system in our state.”

Speaking on same, Mr P K Banerjee, Executive Director- Technical, SIAM said “We are persistently working towards formulating standards and regulations for automobiles. The idea behind conducting a workshop in J&K is to address the challenges and focus on making vehicles safe through the use of modern technologies. Our motive is to train people towards safe driving practices. We partnered with the state government in order to harness synergy, which would go a long way in educating stakeholders on importance of regulatory information and compliance, enforcement, education, training and vehicle upkeep.”

The workshop’s technical session highlighted Future Safety & Emission Regulations for Automobiles. The Two Wheeler segment was addressed by Mr Harjeet Singh, Sr. Adviser, Hero MotoCorp, Passenger Car segment and by Mr Sakathivelan S, Head Homologation, Mahindra & Mahinda Ltd. The Commercial Vehicle Segment was addressed by Mr Chandan Kardile, General Manager – Powertrain and Mr Ranjit Ballal, General Manager, Tata Motors Ltd.

Presentations by the speakers highlighted the automobile industry’s achievements extended in the area of emission and safety regulations and proudly announced that Indian Two Wheeler has reached European Safety Standards and that, in the future, India would be ahead of other countries with regards to Euro-VI norms compliance. All Indian 2-Wheelers will surpass UN-ECE Safety standards by 1st April, 2019 when ABS/CBS gets implemented and with 10 additional Safety Regulations over and above UN-ECE standards.

Hence, with pride we say that India is making the safest 2-wheelers in the world. The second session dwelt on Inspection and Certification System in India and usage of Intelligent Transport System and driver training procedures.

At the workshop, a special panel discussion was held, which was moderated by Dr S P Vaid, Transport Commissioner, Government of J&K along with eminent panellists, like for example, Mr Alok Kumar, Inspector General of Police – Traffic J &K and other representatives from the Automobile Industry. A fruitful discussion took place with the participation of all the delegates on the steps to be taken by the industry and the government towards improving safety on our roads.

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