Our Correspondent
Kohima, Sep. 15 (EMN): Elucidating on the poor quality workmanship which is reflected in deplorable roads and drainages, engineers in the State departments were asked to uphold the engineering ethics by following the standard codes for the all round development.
Attributing deplorable road conditions and poor drainage systems in the State simply due to engineering reason, engineers were asked to change their perception and work according to the new challenges and necessities.
This observation was made by Commissioner and Secretary of Information and Technology and chief guest, KD Vizo on the occasion of ‘50th engineers’ day’ held in the conference hall of the Engineer-in-Chief, NPWD Complex, Kohima, on September 15. The programme was organised by the Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Service Associations (FONSESA).
Engineers’ Day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, regarded as one of the greatest engineers of India.
Speaking on the occasion, KD Vizo lamented that engineers in the State over the years have developed a wrong notion that engineering related activities should be stopped during rainy season for which the infrastructures were now in deplorable conditions.
While observing that the road works in the State are normally done in winter when the soil is very dry and dusty, Vizo asserted that there is a need to change ‘our perception’ of stopping all engineering related works during summer season simply because in other parts of the world people work the whole year whether there is rain or landslide.
He also pointed out that the success of any engineering project depends much on the capacity of the engineers to undertake project with a clean understanding of the objectives, reliable assessment of resource availability and effective communication among various stake holders.
Vizo also noted that often various engineering department does not coordinate with each other for which many small things, which could be easily solved, were lying unattended. Observing that the same lethargic approach is visible in all other engineering departments like power, IT, Mechanical, PHE, Irrigation etc, he encouraged the engineers to rise up to the occasion to rectify the weaknesses prevailing in the engineering fraternity and use the God given ample resources to develop the State.
Also maintaining that mere use of high technology does not guarantee a successful project, he urged the engineers to be able to make balance between use of technology and socio-economic parameters.
Besides implementing the basic technical and scientific knowledge of the engineering, he said the engineers also have to contribute and promote sustainable development that meets today’s necessities without adversely affecting the future needs of upcoming generations.
Speaking on the role of engineers in a developing India, R Temsutemjen, advisor of FONSESA, said engineering industry accounts for 27% of the total factories in the industrial sector and represents 63% of all the foreign collaborations. In terms of manpower, he said Indian manufacturing/ engineering industry employs over 4 million skilled and semi-skilled workers and that the Engineering Process Outsourcing (EPO) market is likely to grow by USD 125-150 billion by 2020.
On the availability and skills, Temsutemjen said India produces over 2,00,000 qualified engineers every year thereby ensuring a steady supply of qualified technical manpower for the sector.
