A four-day technical brainstorming will be held at Indore from December 19 to make roads safer and better for commuters and vehicles and undertake road construction works as per norms of environmental conservation. lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will inaugurate 76th convention of Indian Road Congress.
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will preside over the function while Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be special guest. About 2000 engineers connected with road and bridge construction, researchers, consultants and scientists will take part in the convention at Brilliant Convention Centre from December 19 to 22. Display of modern machines and techniques will also be made at an exhibition on the occasion. An exhibition focusing on Simhastha-2016 and state's tourism will also be put up.
Designs of roads and bridges, revision as per latest norms of operations and construction, and new codes will also be prescribed at the convention. This highly technical format of work needs high efficiency and skillfulness. This convention is regarded very important for infrastructure development. Special sessions will be held during the convention to set technical norms for environmental conservation in view of global warming and logical use of construction materials.