At the press conference at WIAA’s office today, Mr. Jean Todt, President, Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA) addressed his concern over the issue of over 1,40,000 people dying in road accidents in India every year. Also present at the conference were Mr. Gautam Singania, WIAA Executive Chairman Mr. NItin Dossa & President Mr. Edil Katrak.

1. FIA President Mr. Jean Todt’s view on Road Safety in India
At the press conference at WIAA’s office today, Mr. Jean Todt,
President, Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA) addressed
his concern over the issue of over 1,40,000 people dying in road
accidents in India every year. Also present at the conference were Mr.
Gautam Singania, WIAA Executive Chairman Mr. NItin Dossa &
President Mr. Edil Katrak.
FIA the World body for Motor Sports and Mobility has been helping out
many countries all over the world in Road Safety.
The FIA is working very closely with the UN World Bank Bloomberg in
India.
Mr. Todt appreciated the work done by WIAA in Road Safety and also
appreaciated recent move of WIAA of signing the MOU with MSRTC to
train their 40,000 drivers.
He also mentioned that FIA is willing to help the iRAP for designing
roads – a move that would help reduce road accidents.
Mr. Todt also mentioned that he would like to work very closely with the
State and he would be meeting the Chief Secretary and the Chief
Minister for Road Safety and also discuss how to discipline the drivers.
On behalf of WIAA, Executive Chairman Mr. Nitin Dossa said, “Since WIAA’s
prime focus is creating awareness in society about road safety, we have now
taken initiative to create awareness about Road Safety.