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Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management (CoEDMM)
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee-247667 Uttarakhand, India
Email: coe_dmm@iitr.ac.in
Telephone: +91-1332-286616 Fax: +91-1332-286617
Conference Secretariat:
Prof. Amit Kumar Dhiman
Head of the Center
Email: head@dm.iitr.ac.in
Prof. Subir Sen
Conference Secretary
Email: apstcdrr-2024@dm.iitr.ac.in
Telephone: +91-1332-286616 Fax: +91-1332-286617
How to Reach Roorkee
By Roadways
Traveling from Delhi, Roorkee is located towards north approximately 170 kilometers. Take the highway NH58, and it passes through Roorkee. The city of Haridwar is located further on the same highway about 29 kilometers from Roorkee.
The main bus depot of Roorkee is located on NH58. Several buses run from various cities in North India.
By Railways
Easiest way to get to Roorkee is by train. There are several trains serving Roorkee daily from various cities around. The high speed trains Shatabdi and Jan Shatabti also stop at Roorkee on their route Delhi – Dehradun. By train, it takes less than 3 hours and 30 minutes to reach Roorkee from Delhi, so it is the fastest and most economical way of travel.
Incidentally, the first locomotive of India ran on rails in Roorkee in 1846, well before the first passenger rail that ran in Thane.
By Airways
Nearest airport to Roorkee is Dehradun’s Jolly Grant airport. But most preferable airport nearest from Roorkee is the New Delhi International Airport which is about 180 kilometers away.