Life on Indian Highways
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One major fall out of my 21000 KM travelling on Indian highways in heavy commercial vehicles/trucks to study the logistical and supply chain challenges for Indian trade and commerce was the plight of truck drivers - the unsung heroes.
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Life on Indian Highways
- 1. Life on Highways Ramesh Kumar Author, An Affair With Indian Highways December 18, 2013 @ Agra
- 2. Snapshot • 21,000 Km on Indian Highways Entire India, except J&K • 3 Books - 10,000 Km on Indian Highways - Naked Banana! - An Affair With Indian Highways • Catalogued US Library of Congress
- 3. Snapshot • Member NCCD-National Committee on Supply Chain & Logistics • Consultant-Driver Welfare Mahindra Logistics • Advisor- Driver Welfare Siddhi Vinayak Logistics • Collaborator – Driver Education Automotive Skill Devt Council
- 4. Snapshot • Founder-Chairperson KRK Foundation Objective “To IMPROVE THE WORKING & LIVING CONDITIONS of truck drivers and their families living in remote villages of India”
- 5. • WHO CARES … Dining @ highways dhabas: unhygienic & lacks balanced diet
- 6. • WHO CARES… No Toilets …. Hide behind bushes with bottled water
- 7. • WHO CARES… Cosy sleeping quarters…. On the road… On smelly dhaba cots/driver cabins
- 8. • WHO CARES… Highways Vultures…. RTOs & Traffic Inspectors… UP, bad apple
- 9. • WHO CARES… Inter-state border crossing – cumbersome & time-consuming
- 10. • Temperature-controlled chambers for perishables… Not for driver cabins!
- 11. • SAFETY CHALLENGE… Do you know majority of drivers can’t understand highways signs?
- 12. • SAFETY CHALLENGE… Why? License ‘BOUGHT’ with BRIBE! Not undergone tests!
- 13. • DHABA DIALOGUE… Educating or creating AWARENESS about Road Signage Programme
- 14. • FAMILY CONNECT… Away from home. None to care healthcare/education of family
- 15. • FAMILY CONNECT… Involve fleet owners & socially conscious business houses
- 16. • FAMILY CONNECT… Children in villages enjoy the ‘balloon’ contest @ Bundi, Rajasthan
- 17. • FAMILY CONNECT… Visiting the hospitalised driver in Nashik, Maharashtra
- 18. • FAMILY CONNECT… Visiting Driver Balwinder Singh on Diwali 2013 day for lunch.
- 19. What you can do… • • • • Pay attention to your drivers Treat them like human beings No driver, no future Best of products, if not evacuated in time, will PERISH. • Driver welfare is to protect your OWN welfare
- 21. THANK YOU!