Overview

• India observes Engineers’ Day on September 15 to honor Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s birth anniversary and the profession’s contributions to national development.
• Mainstream explainers highlight Visvesvaraya’s innovations, including the Khadakwasla automatic sluice gates and the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam.
• Schools and professional bodies mark the day with competitions and talks, while coverage also notes UNESCO’s World Engineering Day on March 4 with a 2025 sustainability theme.
• A Statetimes opinion column cites reported bridge failures in Jammu region to argue that the L1 lowest-bid system compromises safety and quality.
• The column advocates shifting to Quality-Based Selection with stronger oversight and independent audits, with the cited failure claims appearing in that opinion piece within the sampled reports.