At the national level, AASHTO has recognized the importance of this issue through actions such as adopting transportation asset management as a priority initiative, forming the AASHTO Subcommittee on Asset Management and publishing the Transportation Asset Management Guide in 2002.
A Hindu couple celebrates Diwali. Getty Images. Diwali is also celebrated outside of India mainly in Guyana, Fiji, Malaysia, Nepal, Mauritius, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Britain, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Africa, Australia and the US among the Hindus across the world.
Diwali, popularly known as the festival of lights, is a five-day Hindu festival in India. The name Diwali or Divali is a contraction of deepavali which translates into row of lamps. Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil.