But you take a closer look into the lives of those behind the wheels of these mammoth machines, you realise their story is one of stress, risks of all kinds, mental and physical discomfort and lack of respect. And to make matters worse, many of them are ill trained too and there are hardly any organised place to receive training.
It is here that Maruti Suzuki, the largest car manufacturer in India and the makers of some very popular cars, has stepped in to do some good. The company has since 1999 been relentlessly training people in the country to drive cars, buses and trucks in categories known as Light Motor Vehicles or LMVs and Heavy Motor Vehicles or HMVs.
Incidentally, in the financial year 2018-19, the company trained around 4,00,000 people at the 7 Institutes of Driving & Traffic Research (IDTRs) and 16 road safety knowledge centers (RSKC). These have been set up in association with the state governments of Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Maharashtra for these initiatives. In fiscal 2018-19 it has invested around Rs 1.54 billion towards Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR initiatives that are focused towards community development, road safety, and skill development
ROAD SAFETY AND IDTRS
As part of road safety, the company has set up several IDTRs where people are trained to drive anything from a simple car to a big bus or truck. Training is offered to existing as well as new drivers of private as well as commercial vehicles. Also, specialised training is given to operate forklifts. Additionally, traffic violators and license seekers are also provided guidance.
We visited the IDTR at Bahadurgarh in Haryana which Maruti Suzuki has set up with the assistance of the Transport Department of Haryana. Haryana has two IDTRs, one here at Bahadurgarh and the other at Rohtak both of which have been operational since 2011.
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