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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has asked the states reporting high level of road accidents to focus more on road safety. Five states ? Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan ? accounted for over 50% of the country?s road deaths in 2012. The number of lives lost in road crashes in these states was ...

The Urban Development Ministry is considering Chinese investment and expertise to build high-speed rail networks, highways and urban infrastructure. One of the areas in which the expertise is being considered is creating a rapid regional transport system in Delhi that will link the capital with some of the important urban centres nearby with high-speed trains. Chinese companies like Shanghai Urban ...

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased the pace of land acquisition, a parameter that indicates the level of preparedness for awarding future projects, during the current year. In the first half of 2013-14, NHAI acquired almost 5,000 hectares, which is 51% more than the 3,300 hectares it bought during the corresponding period last year. The land acquired ...

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has decided to step up the pace of development of the Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC). DIPP and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is one of the main sponsors of the project, have decided to appoint consultants for the project. The consultant will carry out a detailed study covering an area ...

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) may have to depend a lot on the PPP model for executing its infrastructure projects. The budget has proposed that 64 km of roads to be built at a cost of `1,000 crore be based on the PPP model. Pune has an annual budget of `4,167 crore for 2013-14, but with limited revenue options, has ...

Jenoptik has secured an order fr0b Australian state of New South Wales to operate systems for mobile speed monitoring for a minimum period of three years. The Australian Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) awarded the $31.6m contract to two companies, with the total order divided between the two suppliers. RMS?s new traffic safety project will increase speed monitoring in New ...

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 ...

NASA has delivered a new software – the Precision Departure Release Capability (PDRC) – developed by it, to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The software which will help air traffic controllers (ATC) speed up aircraft departures, will help reduce missed or delayed departures, and thus improve overall air traffic management. The surface model component of will precisely predict both ...