India ready to adopt the world’s best and most successful technology
Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has proposed setting up of Innovation Bank for new ideas, research findings and technologies to focus on ‘Quality’ in infrastructure development.
Virtually addressing the inaugural function of the Mid-Term Council Meeting of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) on 17 June 2022, he said that new initiatives are expected from IRC and innovation should be the focus area for all engineers.
IRC should develop a World-class state-of-art laboratory with the help of IITs and global institutions in the world, he stressed.
The Minister said, “We are ready to adopt the world’s best and most successful technology and new materials for construction.
“The use of Proven Technology and reduction in construction cost are the two most important driving forces for us. We need to reduce the cost of construction while maintaining quality.”
He also called for minimum carbon footprints during exploitation of limited natural resources for construction and operation phase.
“Development at the cost of degradation of ecology and environment is not acceptable to us. A sustainable alternative for steel and cement should be found.”
The Minister also underlined, “Road safety is a high-priority area for the Government. We need to incorporate effective global practices and guidelines related to road engineering into the specification.” fiinews.com
