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State-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd has launched a tender worth about Rs 5,500 crore to procure as many as 5,580 electric buses including 130 double deckers. This initiative is under the ‘Grand Challenge’ — a set of homogenized demand for electric buses aggregated across five major cities, according to a statement. The cities to be covered under Grand Challenge are ...

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur recently inaugurated the 1.8-km Dharamshala-Mcleodganj ropeway which has a capacity to carry 1,000 people per hour in one direction. One can now complete the journey between the two tourist destinations in just five minutes through this ropeway. “Dharamshala Skyway”, Dharamshala to Mcleodganj in Kangra district, has 10 towers and two stations. The top ...

Resident volunteers in Panchkula in Haryana will be involved in road safety initiatives along with the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), the Municipal Corporation, the Public Works Department (PWD) and the NHAI. The volunteers can register their names with the Regional Transport Authority of Panchkula. They can participate in meetings of the District Road Safety Committee and their suggestions will ...

A new system, to be launched by the Delhi Government– Google team, will provide real-time information on public transport, enabling commuters to accurately pre-plan their journeys. They would be able to use their smartphones and track bus locations, arrival and departure times, routes, travel durations and delays real-time. The status of ~3000 buses is already live and more Delhi Transport ...

The Indian Government has a target to expand electric vehicles (EV) to 30% of private vehicles, 70% of commercial cars, 40% of buses and 80% of two-wheelers and three-wheelers. With this goal in view, the National Highways Authority of India is planning to set up many EV charging stations along national highways. Many states are offering incentives on EV vehicle ...

AllGoVision Technologies, a leading player in AI based Video Analytics, has engaged with the GMR group to optimize operations and passenger management at Hyderabad International Airport. At this time of pandemic, queue management at various touch points of the airport such as entry, check-in, security, immigration, and reducing passenger wait time are considered the key to enhanced passenger experience and ...

To help authorities overcome their immediate and longer-term traffic management challenges, Hikvision has created the Traffic Visualization Dashboard. This integrates data from roadside cameras and sensors, and displays it to traffic management teams via an immersive, map-based interface. With options to overlay historical and real-time traffic data on either a 2D or 3D map, it gives traffic managers fast, easy ...

Envoys Electronics  has established  itself as a leading OEM for Traffic Signalling System (ATCS) and LED Displays, namely Variable Message Signs and  Tolling &Tunnel Displays. As a strategic System Integrator for turnkey project, Envoys provides end-to-end — Concept-to-Commissioning as well as Operation, Maintenance and Management of Urban Road Traffic Management Systems (ITS/Smart City/ITMS). Variable Message Signs Display boards offered by Envoys ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recently inaugurated the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT), funded by the Ministry of DoNER and built at Mawiong near Shillong. The Minister said that connecting all the Northeast State capitals by road, rail and air by 2024 has been the vision of our Prime Minister. Also present at the inauguration were, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K.Sangma, ...

Transport Research Wing (TRW), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has collected the Black spot data from States/UTs based on their assessment and forwarded it to concerned agencies NHAI, NHIDCL and DG Roads for further action. Road Accident black spot is a stretch of National Highway of about 500m in length where either five road accidents (in all three years ...