File photo of Lucknow Metro train

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Metro ’s Phase 1A Project (North – South Corridor) will be awarded with the International ‘Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ( RoSPA )’ in the Project/Infrastructure category for 2018.

RoSPA is a British charity organisation that aims for promotion of safety and prevention of accidents in project execution worldwide. The award will be presented to Lucknow Metro during a ceremony at Glasgow, United Kingdom on September 13, 2018 .

The prestigious award shall be handed over to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation ( LMRC ) in recognition of its safe practices and achievements in helping its staff/customers/clients/contractors while they worked during execution of this project throughout the year 2017.

Kumar Keshav, managing director of LMRC said, “This award highlights LMRC’s continuous commitment in achieving highest standards of health and safety in the project execution. It indicates that the company has achieved a high level of performance by adopting good management systems which are delivering consistent improvement and are working towards the level of excellence.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of qualifications, awards and events, said, “The RoSPA Awards are the most highly-respected in the health and safety arena, with almost 2,000 entrants every year, and allow organisations to prove excellence in the workplace, demonstrating a commitment to the wellbeing of not only employees but all those who interact with it.”

The RoSPA Awards scheme, which receives entries from organisations around the world, recognises achievement in health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement. Competitive awards go to the best entries in 24 industry sectors including construction, healthcare, transport and logistics, engineering, manufacturing and education.

Earlier, LMRC has also won several prestigious national and international awards including the Best Urban Mass Transit Project in 2017 by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India, the Best Metro project for ‘Excellence in Innovative Designs’ in 2016, the ESQR Quality Choice Prize in 2016 in Berlin (Germany) under the Gold Category, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Award on Innovation in Governance in 2016, the ‘International Quality Summit (IQS) Award 2016’ under Gold Category by Business Initiative Directions (BID) Group One - in Madrid, Spain, the Dun & Bradstreet Infra Award, 2017 in Mumbai.

