Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways in the Government of India, will speak passionately about road safety at the TV9 Network Road to Safety Summit presented by Continental Tires on December 19 in New Delhi.

Through award-winning social cause initiatives like Suraksha Bandhan and Highway Heroes, as well as recognition series like Leaders of Road Transport Awards, TV9 Network has been working with various stakeholders in the road transport sector.

TV9 Network is continuing to sharpen its focus on the road transport industry and is now all set to highlight the larger cause of road safety. With the growth of the automobile industry, an increasing number of Indians have purchased two and four-wheelers.

At the same time, the country’s road network has expanded significantly, providing millions of Indians with unparalleled mobility. While the expansion is commendable, it brings its own set of issues, including accidents in the absence of enforcement, low awareness among riders and motorists, and occasional non-compliance, according to the channel in a statement.

“TV9 Network has been at the forefront of highlighting issues that impact the common man,” said Raktim Das, Chief Growth Officer, Digital and Broadcast, TV9 Network. While the government has taken concerted efforts to make our roads safer, we believe it is also our responsibility as a responsible media outlet to mainstream this discourse and raise public awareness. Continental Tires’ Road to Safety Summit is one of them.

“We intend to seed it within the DNA of each individual to make road safety their primary duty,” he said, stating that the summit is an attempt to call on motorists and riders to follow safety norms as responsible citizens.

“Over the years, we have innovated in the domain of safety and comfort,” said Samir Gupta, Head of Central Region, BA Tires APAC, and MD of Continental Tires India.

“We celebrated our 150th-anniversary last year with a renewed commitment to safety in the future of mobility. Using technology in tires is a significant step toward improving vehicle safety and aligning with our Vision Zero: Zero Fatalities goal. There were no injuries. There were no crashes. The summit represents our ongoing commitment to road safety,” he added.

Panel discussions will take place at the Summit, with industry leaders such as Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki, Vineet Agarwal, President, Transport Corporation of India, Rohit Baluja, President, Institute of Road Safety Education, and Vinod Aggarwal, MD and CEO, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles discussing initiatives taken by the ecosystem to make our roads safer.

Ravi Kishan Shukla, Member of Parliament and Actor, Surinder Singh Yadav, Special Commissioner, Traffic, Delhi Police, and OTT star Abhilash Thapliyal will also speak about road safety initiatives that have been implemented.

Notable crusaders including Raghvendra Kumar, popularly known as the Helmet Man of India, Manoj Wadhwa, who led the cause of filling potholes, Doris Francis, the traffic heroine of Ghaziabad and Chandrashekhar Narayan Mohite, will be felicitated at the hands of Gadkari for devoting their lives for the prime cause of road safety.

This edition of the TV9 Network Road Safety Summit, presented by Continental, is part of TV9 Network’s ongoing relationship with the road transportation industry.

In June 2022, TV9 Network established the Leaders of Road Transport Awards, which recognized business leaders in the sector, and in August 2022, in Surakshabandhan, where health coverage was provided to over 10,000 truck drivers in the country.