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Karnataka schools to have road safety
lessons from 2019

tate government and aided & unaided schools in Karnataka
Swill have lessons on road safety from the academic year 2019-
20. The Primary and Secondary Education Department has given
the go-ahead to incorporate the same in the school syllabus.
Teachers will undergo a specialised capacity building training on
road safety. Institute of Road Traffic Education, New Delhi, will
conduct the programme. Selected teachers will be considered as
the master trainers.
Delta’s video walls at Lucknow The syllabus includes information on violation of traffic rules
and punishment for
MRTS the same, lessons

elta, a leading provider of video wall solutions, has on road safety
Dprovided its brightest Laser Video wall solution to which includes
the Operations Control Centre of Lucknow Metro Rail speed, overtaking
Corporation. & pedestrian safety
and knowledge
Lucknow Metro is the fastest built high speed rapid
transit system project in India. The MRTS is constructed to about emergency
provide the city of Lucknow, with an environment-friendly contacts during road
atmosphere, having two routes, from North to South and mishaps, contacts of
East to West. The North-South corridor starts at Amausi highway patrol.
and ends at Munshi Pulia, with a total length of 22.878
kilometres. The East-West corridor starts at Charbagh
Railway Station and ends at Vasant Kunj with a total Railways to use `73,000Cr on safety
length of 11 kilometres. Both lines intersect at Charbagh. he Railways will spend over `73,000Cr on safety out of the
The new Lucknow Metro Operations Control Centre T`1.48 lakh crore capital expenditure earmarked for it in the
(OCC) features a laser video wall composed of 5x2 70’’ Union Budget. The ministry will focus on technology this year
Video wall Cubes. Delta’s Laser Video walls have Full HD to ensure safety on its network.
(1920x1080) resolution, excellent standards in brightness Apart from the `73,065Cr, the Railways will use `20,000Cr
uniformity (≥ 98%), wide viewing angle and true from its rail safety fund that was created last year. It will comprise
redundancy to match the Lucknow Metro requirement. `5,000Cr from the capital (budgetary support), `10,000Cr from
In addition, a controller is set up in the room, capable railway safety fund received as the Railways’ share from central
of handling multiple inputs and Cube control software road fund and `5,000Cr from the revenue.
which provides precise information on the status of the The Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said the first set of the
video wall at any point of time. The operations of the t modern train announced by would be commissioned in
metro project will be monitored round the clock on the September this year. Stressing on technology, he said: “Our
video walls in support of train services and maintenance main focus will be on technology. I have to give people security.
activities. According to LMRC officials, the display So, my target is to have CCTV cameras and Wi-Fi in all trains
solutions will ensure the safety of millions of passengers and all coaches. We have plans to introduce an effective and
by constantly monitoring train speed, signals, station modern ETCS II signalling system on the entire railway network
activities and power supply. in next six years.”

Multilevel car parking airport on design, build, operate and will accommodate nearly 2,000 cars.
The car park will also have commercial
manage basis. Currently, the airport
plan for Chennai airport handles 40,000 to 50,000 domestic establishments. With metro stations
irports Authority of India (AAI) is and international passengers daily. located right in front of airport, there
Aplanning to develop a multilevel A 4.32-acre plot near the Chennai will be two car park buildings on either
car parking facility at Chennai Metro station in front of the airport side of the station.

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