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The Delhi Public Works Department is planning to install smart sensors and geo-tag all streetlight poles with the help of a centralised software to ensure better lighting across key busy stretches and for ease of maintenance. PWD is also planning to replace old halogen lights with LED lights across the city. If at any place, the light is not working ...

The 200-meter-long bamboo crash barrier, named Bahu Balli, has been installed on the Vani-Warora highway in Vidarbh, Maharashtra. The product underwent rigorous testing at various government-run institutions such as the National Automotive Test Tracks in Pithampur, Indore and was rated as Class 1 during the Fire Rating Test conducted at the Central Building Research Institute in Roorkee. It has also ...

Commercial Vehicle maker Ashok Leyland launched a campaign with the theme of ‘Embrace Equity’, under which it plans to train 100 women drivers for commercial vehicles in Delhi. The company invites 100 women in Delhi to be trained on driving commercial vehicles at Ashok Leyland’s Driver Training Institute. They will also be provided with self-defense training which will help them ...

India is building roads at a record rate and the country’s national highway network will rise 37% in the next two years, said Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, while addressing a Global Business Summit recently. The Government target to develop two lakh km of national highway network by 2025 is being made possible on the back of ...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is set to construct two new multi-level mechanical public car parking facilities. One in Central Mumbai and the other in South Mumbai. The Matunga facility in Central Mumbai will be equipped to facilitate 475 vehicles, while the Mumbadevi facility in South Mumbai will have the capacity to accommodate 546 vehicles. These facilities will be of a ...

India is the fastest growing major economy in the world and is all set to achieve USD 5 trillion GDP by 2024-25, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. Addressing an event organised by industry body FICCI, Gadkari said the central government is aiming to boost growth and employment to achieve sustainable development. India is the fastest growing major economy ...

On December 14, President Droupadi Murmu launched the ‘EV Yatra’ web portal and mobile phone application to encourage the adoption of E-Mobility in the country.In her address, the President stated that it is everyone’s top priority to ensure that future generations breathe clean air, make good progress, and live healthy lives. Breathing clean air is a fundamental human right. EV ...

BENGALURU: At least 50 traffic junctions in Bengaluru will soon get artificial intelligence-enabled Red Light Violation Detection (RLVD) cameras equipped to detect eight violations -seatbelt, overspeeding, triple riding, one-way riding, using mobile, signal jumping, stopping or crossing stop lines and not wearing helmet – besides identifying vehicles with pending fines. These cameras will consider those wearing “half-helmets” (the ones that ...

The project aims to create a high-frequency mass transportation system, improving mobility in India and promoting regional economic growth. MUMBAI, AHMEDABAD (METRO RAIL NEWS): The Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), a project that is dear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will receive a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) of 100,000 million Japanese Yen (roughly Rs 6,000 crore) ...

Union Minister  Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated 19 National Highway projects in Haryana and Rajasthan that are expected to increase tourism, agriculture, industry, trade and employment opportunities. There will be savings on time and fuel.  The construction of various fly-overs on the Delhi-Jaipur highway will relieve traffic jams on the highway. With the construction of various major and minor bridges on NH-48, ...