Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior ministers posted homages on X, praising engineers' role in building a Viksit Bharat.
• India observes Engineers’ Day on September 15 to mark the 1861 birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya, a Bharat Ratna and renowned civil engineer.
• Coverage highlights Visvesvaraya’s legacy, including automatic sluice gates, the Krishna Raja Sagar dam, and Hyderabad’s Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs.
• An editorial used the occasion to urge a shift from lowest-bid contracting to quality-based selection, citing recent collapses such as the Birwan, Sahar, and Jammu’s Fourth Bridge.
• Social platforms filled with greetings and reflections on engineers’ contributions, echoing this year’s broader focus on sustainable, high-quality public works.