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 - the 'festival of lights' is as outwardly celebratory as inwardly uplifting. Diwali is celebrated on the 'new moon day' in the month of Kartik which falls in October/ November. As per the Hindu calendar, the day is also termed 'Krishna Chaturdashi'.