New Delhi: Tata Motors and TV9 Network have come together for an important initiative: ‘Trucking Into The Future Safer Always’. The Road Safety Summit is being organised in 4 major cities of the country, commencing from Nagpur. The second edition of the Summit was recently organised in Jaipur, which witnessed giants from the trucking industry coming together to participate in the event to champion safer journeys for truckers. The event aimed at fortifying the very backbone of India’s transport economy.
Need of the hour
Truck safety in India is an extremely important issue. One accident can be deadly, for the livelihood of the truck driver involved and for the entire transport business on which a variety of other businesses rely on. Hence, this collaboration of Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles and TV9 Network aptly titled “Trucking Into The Future – Safer Always”, is both timely as it is pivotal.
The inaugural session of the summit was held on April 10, 2025 in Nagpur, covering an array of topics with diverse voices of regional transporters, logistics players, and policy influencers. They reached a unified voice — that responsibility in road safety lies on multiple stakeholders; be it the government, automobile industry and drivers. All coming in together to make Indian roads safer.
Apart from the discussions that took place at the event, Tata Motors’ also showcased their latest technologically advanced and safety-first trucks, thus giving us a glimpse at what safe transport in the near future would look like.
Tata Motors and TV9 Network’s initiative strives to bring a new vision to road safety, wherein 4 cities will host events celebrating the idea and also help to transform the very foundation of India’s transport economy — one safe mile at a time.
Paving the road in Jaipur
The Summit in Jaipur saw the participation of many luminaries from the trucking industry who honoured the country’s leading transporters and fleet owners. Many important aspects related to safety and technology were also discussed with industry leaders in this all-important event.
Among the guests present were Jawahar Singh Bedam, Minister of State of Home and Cow Husbandry Department, Government of Rajasthan. Jogeshwar Garg, Cabinet Minister Rajasthan Assembly and Shubhranshu Singh, Chief Marketing Officer Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles were also present. The dignitaries facilitated leading transporters and fleet owners of the country.
According to Jawahar Singh Bedam, Minister of State Rajasthan, “The roads being made today are being made in a way to improve road safety. The newer varieties of vehicles coming in from different companies are also being made, looking into how to reduce accidents. The Government has also tried to spread awareness on this issue. I would like to thank both Tata Motors and TV Network for taking up this initiative.”
Jogeshwar Garg, Cabinet Minister Rajasthan Assembly also added another key point on the issue when he talked about impressive roads and vehicles maybe a reality but we haven’t improved the quality of the drivers. “Despite technological advancements, and the entry of the internet, not much changes have come into the system of driver management,” he added.
While technological aspects are crucial, so is the humane aspect. Eventually, it is the driver on whose “able” shoulder the whole endeavour rests upon. This was highlighted by Shubhranshu Singh, Chief Marketing Officer Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles when he said, “Today the fundamental facilities available in our cars have significantly improved. But more important than that is the driver, a human being who during a journey gets tired, sleepy, distracted. His importance is central, as who we call the ‘driver’ does not only helm the vehicle but the idea of nation building as well.”
Taking the importance of drivers and their training and management forward, Virendra Singh, owner of Virendra Singh Rathore Transports talked about how for three months his drivers are first given safety training, ensuring that metrics like speeding and braking are tracked. This practice is then again followed routinely to ensure optimal safety and proper vehicular management.
As was clearly amplified in the summit, road safety is an essential need today but to ensure that it runs smoothly and improves with time, still requires a lot of work. While we are slowly improving on the technological front, a point raised time and again during the summit was that this alone cannot suffice. Taking care of the human end, the drivers and how they interact with the machinery, is also of utmost importance and both aspects have to go hand in hand.
