Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA) recently held tyre safety training for Commercial Drivers linked to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). The tyre safety drive at IOCL comes in the wake of similar exercises held at different campuses of Honda Cars, Infosys, ISRPL and Pipapav Port etc in recent times. The Rs 60000 crore Tyre Industry represented by ATMA has sharpened focus on Tyre Safety as a part of overall Road safety exercise of MoRTH, Government of India.
Over 250 commercial drivers and helpers (cleaners) linked to IOCL supply chain participated in the training programme at the Tikri Kalan (Delhi) terminal of Indian Oil and benefitted from the interactive session with experts.
During the training the trainees were trained on several aspects including tyre and its structure, tyre markings and steps to maintain tyres in the interest of safety and prolonging tyre life.