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The other highlight of the second day was the seminars on two topics that are of crucial importance to India?s traffic industry. Both the sessions provided a unique platform for traffic experts as well as system providers to interact and share knowledge. The seminar on Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRTS) in the morning saw presence of eminent speakers like Prof. ...

The ongoing TrafficInfraTech Expo 2013 saw many eminent professionals and officials from the traffic industry visiting the Show. Taj Hassan, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Delhi Police who graced the event on its opening day as a speaker in one of the seminars also visited the exhibition and praised the organizers for putting up such an informative show. He said, ...

IJS Electronics, one of the exhibitors at TrafficInfraTech show, introduced the service vehicle for on road emergency services to the traffic police and other departments using company?s highway patrol vehicles. The mini van equipped with spare parts and repair kit was flagged off by Anil Shukla at the event. Commenting on the need of such products he said, ?The service ...

The Railways recently appointed Arunendra Kumar as the new Chairman of the Railway Board. Kumar, who is a Member Mechanical of the board, had also been holding additional charge of Chairman since June 30

Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd (DIMTS) has launched an application for the web and Android mobiles that helps commuters plan their road trips in the city. When the commuter at a bus stop types in the route number of the bus required, the application gives the list of bus stops covered by the route number and the estimated ...

The Pune Municipal Corporation has proposed that traffic violators be made to pay an increased insurance premium. The Corporation plans to share violation data gathered from the Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) with insurance companies. The ITS is expected to be operational in four months, after it receives approval by the civic body. A network of fibre optic cables for the ...

Hope Foundation, a Bangalore based NGO, in collaboration with Volvo India, plans to launch an initiative to train about 50,000 high school pupils across Karnataka and about 5,000 women from villages and city slums in the next one year. The pupils and women will be educated on the importance of using footpaths while walking, being alert while crossing roads and ...

The Gujarat government has put the Rs. 19,000cr Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad metro project on the fast track. Work on the first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in October. The project which is based on the advanced Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) technology will have driverless trains in the near future. The Special Purpose Vehicle for the project has begun ...

The Prime Minister?s Office has approved 17 major infrastructure projects in the current fiscal year. These include the Mumbai elevated rail corridor, a major port, a greenfield airport in Navi Mumbai and locomotive projects. These projects have been identified by key infrastructure ministries and the progress will be monitored on a regular basis. Among the major road projects, Eastern Peripheral ...

The Civil Aviation Ministry plans to award contracts for six airport projects – Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati to private players on a PPP model before the end of this year. The Ministry is in talks with related agencies for finalising bidding criteria, documents and consultants to execute a privatisation plan that proposes 74% equity in the airports ...