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Thursday , 28 March 2024

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Bus Shelters in Noida

Noida’s roads will soon undergo a major face lift. Modern bus queue shelters and tech-savvy public conveniences will soon form part of the city’s street-scape. Tenders for 90 modern bus queue shelters have been initiated. The project has been vetted by IIT-Delhi. The shelter will be disabled friendly and have provision for lighting and branding. Being done in a big ...

Raipur gets multi-level parking

The recently opened multi-level parking in Raipur, Chhattisgarh has been built on land of 5,200sqft for vehicle owners coming for shopping and business purpose. The space can accommodate about 200 four-wheelers and 400 two-wheelers. The parking lot has lower and upper basement, ground floor and first floor, built during first phase and third floor is proposed for second phase.

Sensors to create clean energy from moving vehicles

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US has awarded a $1.32m contract to researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to design and develop sensors that can harvest and convert energy created by moving vehicles on roadways into renewable electricity. TxDOT has awarded the contract as part of the ...

Stricter norms for overloading

In a major move to deter plying of overloaded vehicles on highways, the National Highways Authority of India has decided to force them off the roads till the extra load is removed at the cost and risk of the transporters. There would also be levying penal charges of ten times the applicable fee at the toll plazas that is presently ...

Highways Advisory Radio System

Highway Advisory System (HAS) is a free-to-air information distribution system providing real-time highway traffic and information bulletin to make the travelling experience on our National Highways safer, faster and enjoyable. To begin with, HAS is going to be implemented on a pilot basis on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway. The salient features are real-time traffic information including any congestion & slowdown on ...

CCTV cameras in Mohali

The Mohali Municipal Corporation has made an offer to the police to install CCTV cameras to regulate traffic and ensure enforcement of the traffic rules in the city. Generally, drivers remove their helmets or seat belts soon after entering Mohali from Chandigarh the traffic police often fail to check on them. Mayor Kulwant Singh said that as Mohali was located ...

Railway’s JV with GE Global Sourcing

Ministry of Railways has issue LoA to USA-based GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited for setting up of Diesel Locomotive Factory (DLF) at Marhowra, Saran district, Bihar and for procurement and maintenance of mainline Diesel Electric Locomotives. With this, a Joint Venture Company between the Ministry of Railways and the company will be formed to construct and run the factory. ...

Hi-tech traffic system for Agra

Agra is among the most visited tourist destinations in the world. To make the City roads free of congestion. The traffic police department is in the process of setting up a modern control room (MCR) to roll out the proposed integrated traffic management system (ITMS) and smart city surveillance system (SCSS) for monitoring traffic better and catch offenders of traffic ...

Railways stations, airports to be disabled-friendly

Taking the first step towards making India truly accessible, all international airports, 75 railways stations and 5,000 public buildings in the major cities will be made disabled-friendly by middle of next year. As a part of an Accessible India campaign, the government has started auditing 27 international airports and 75 railway stations to identify areas that need to be improved ...

Thermocol for road construction

Potholes may soon be a thing of the past, if the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways goes ahead with the proposal to use thermocol fill as base in place of soil for construction. The Ministry has asked consultant firms from Europe, Japan and USA to submit a cost analysis for use of Geofoam against conventional fill like soil for ...