Defending Trenchless

This has reference to the recent road cave-ins reported from 23 different locations in New Delhi for which the onus of damage is being placed on Trenchless Technology. Such cave-ins, however, can also happen due to causes other than Trenchless like failures of deteriorated pipelines, or due to age or other factors like loading usage etc.

Unfortunately these cave-ins are being reported widely in the print media, with negative quotes about Trenchless, by different civic authority engineers. With such negative publicity, Trenchless business is bound to suffer badly unless appropriate actions are taken and clarifications are issued immediately. In addition, issue has to be appropriately taken up with different Government Departments and Municipal agencies so that such negative publicity stops. To address these, IndSTT held a meeting of trenchless service providers to chart out the strategy and action plan on 30th August 2010 at Conference Hall, 801, Hemkunt Chambers, 89, Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019 at 3.30 PM.

Based on the consensous decision from this meeting IndSTT is taking necessary onward actions to defend Trenchless Technology.

Following links provide further details:

1. Theme Note

2. Nomination Form

3. List of Participants

4. Minutes of Meeting

5. Comments received from stakeholders

5.1 Mr. Ehteshamul Haque (General Manager, DCI India Pvt. Ltd.);

5.2 Mr. Harsh Vardhan Bagaria (Managing Director, Rosewood (P) Ltd);

5.3 Mr. Vipin Gupta (Managing Director, Trenchless Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.);

5.4 Dr. Sanjay Rana (Managing Director, Parsan Overseas (P) Ltd);

5.5 Mr. Sunir Garg (Director, Gypsum Structural India (P) Ltd);