Category: News
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Enhanced surveillance
Pune police at the newly integrated control room in Shivajinagar, can now monitor live feeds and record footage from 450 CCTV cameras of the Pune Smart City from Sinhagad, enabling quicker response times and better traffic management. Instead of relying on overhead cables which can be damaged during the rains or tree-falling incidents, the agency…
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Integrated rail road tunnel solutions
Reflecting a growing emphasis on sustainable urban and intercity transport, especially in areas with dense populations or complex geography, the Central Government has formed a Joint Working Group (JWG) to explore the feasibility of integrated rail and road tunnels during early project planning stages. The adoption of combined rail-road tunnels could lead to reduced land…
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Sieger Parking enters Mumbai Market
Sieger Parking, a Coimbatore-headquartered provider of automated and multi-level car parking systems, has expanded its footprint to Western India with the opening of a new regional office in Mumbai. The new Mumbai office will have dedicated sales, project management, and service teams. Sieger plans to accelerate project execution timelines, deepen engagement with developers and municipal…
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iROADS Wins Global Climate Resilience Award
TRL Software’s innovative iROADS asset management platform has recently been awarded the 2025 IRF Global Road Achievement Award for Climate Resilience and Adaptation, recognising its pivotal role in strengthening Kerala’s road infrastructure against climate challenges. The award celebrates TRL Software’s successful delivery of a web-based Road Maintenance Management System (RMMS) for the Kerala Public Works…
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A milestone in circular economy
Ranjan Dhar, Director and Vice President, Sales & Marketing at ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), said, “We are proud to have received the first licence of the technology for steel slag valorisation used for conversion of steel slag as road-making aggregates. This achievement builds upon our previous involvement in successfully building what is possibly…
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Steel slag
Steel, slag is 30-40 per cent more cost-effective and lasts up to three times longer than standard bitumen roads. It is suitable for various environments, from coastal regions to rugged terrains. The Indian Ministry of Steel awarded a national project to study steel slag in road construction. India’s first ‘all steel slag road’ was built…
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Tesla to roll out human-driven chauffeur service in Bay Area
As per the reports, Tesla plans to offer a chauffeur-style service operated by human drivers to a limited number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area. For the Bay Area service, Tesla may be able to use its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) feature, which can perform many driving tasks but requires a human driver to…
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Hydrogen Powered Rail Coach
Indian Railways has recently successfully tested the first hydrogen-powered coach or Driving Power Car successfully at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. The ICF project is significant for the Railways as this will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase the share of renewable energy in its energy mix and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.…
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Game-changing technology
Satish Pandey, Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-CRRI and inventor of the technology, said, “The steel slag road technology is a game-changer for India’s road infrastructure. The country generates over 19 million tonnes of steel slag annually, and the direct use of untreated steel slag poses a significant risk to the mechanical properties and durability of…
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Groundbreaking policy recommendations
Ministers of the 69 International Transport Forum member countries including India agreed on groundbreaking policy recommendations on road safety and on the use of AI at the ITF Annual Summit in Leipzig, Germany, in May 2025 The recommendation on road safety included building the policy and initiatives based on data and evidence. Investment in the…