Geological & and geotechnical testing is important to understand subsurface layers and prevent any failures in tunnel construction. Prof. Dr P. Anbazhagan, Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Geethanjali Monto elaborate. The history of underground tunnelling may date back to ancient civilizations, with prehistoric people attempting to enlarge their caves. The Britannica ...
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TUNNELING PROJECTS: Mitigating Delays
The growth in volume of goods being transported as well as the steady increase in demand for business and leisure travel require the timely development of transportation infrastructure. With the availability of free space in cities becoming rare and the remoteness of certain areas to be connected, such as the Himalayas, tunnels play a crucial role in allowing the transportation ...
Roadmap for Road Asset monetization in India
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has identified 104 road stretches that can be monetized for long term concessions. In the next five years, the Central government targets to raise Rs 1 lakh crore through monetization of national highways under Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) Model. Akhilesh Srivastava, renowned Mobility Expert and Member of TrafficInfraTech Expo Advisory Board, explains how asset monetization ...
Rooted in ‘Make In India’
Rasmeet Kohli, Managing Director, Envoys Electronics Pvt Ltd, shares with TrafficInfraTech the challenges in providing customised project solutions and how important it is to believe in Make in India Envoys is a five-decade old company pioneering in the vast spectrum of Road Traffic management and safety solutions: Right from concept to commissioning of Traffic Signalling Systems, Variable Message Signs (VMS), ...
Interview: “Our strategy is to offer a strongly differentiated solution to complex transportation”
In an Interview with TrafficInfraTech, Vipen Malhotra, President, Arya Omnitalk Wireless Solutions Pvt Ltd says that with both its in-house designed hardware (GPS units) as well as state-of-the-art web platform offerings, the Company has an enviable list of happy customers from the industry’s reputed players Arya Omnitalk is the market leader in many areas — the main ones being vehicle ...
Interview: Meeting the Challenges of Speeding
Continuing our conversation with the Traffic Police Commissioners of different Indian Cities, we have here BBGTS Murthy, DCP, Kanpur 1. How is the Kanpur Traffic police able to handle speeding challenges? Yes, we are handling over speeding by using Limit Sign Boards and Challans, creating awareness through various media, coordinating with various other departments like NHAI, Kanpur Nagar Nigam, Smart ...
Interview: Integrating the metro as a part of the larger transport fabric in cities
Prasanna Ganesh, Executive Vice President, Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing, and Director, Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) talks to TrafficInfraTech about the Station Access and Mobility Programme, a national platform for integrated urban transport in the country and the future of mobility in India. The Foundation incubates and tests innovative solutions with entrepreneurs and initiates government level discussions and policies. TMF ...
PARKnSECURE
Boom barrier – Induction / Ac servo Motor Based PARKnSECURE’s Bulwark is a boom barrier that is manufactured under Make in India campaign. It comes with features like customizable cabinet, provision to be connected to computer via RS232, fast speed, accessibility through RFID and Bluetooth, response time of 0.626 seconds and more. Safety precaution functionality has also been added in ...
ATCC from Pixuate
Pixuate’s Automatic Traffic Count and Classifier [ATCC] is built with advanced AI software which provides highest accuracies along with ANPR feature. It is a hassle-free system which is easy to install with minimal hardware requirement, provides accurate real-time results with visual proofs and also compatible with free-flow tolling traffic, all at a fraction of cost of hardware enabled ATCCs. Pixuate ...
Sheetal Wireless technologies Pvt Ltd
SWTPL, an ISO 9001:2008 company, is dedicatedly in the field of Wireless Communication since 1995. It provides Wireless Solutions for Voice, Data and Remote control of factory cranes. The solutions for wireless communication systems include Analogue/digital Data Radios, Wi-Fi Radios, GSM Modems for SMS based communication and GPRS based data transfer, VSAT system, Radio Remote Controls and Wireless Gateways. SWTPL ...