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TRAFFICINFRATECH EXPO 2024
Infrastructure
Development,
Innovation...
and Road safety
“I am always of the
opinion that innovation,
entrepreneurship, science,
Calling for Collaboration technology, research skill
and successful practices are
ncouraging everyone to uphold what is called knowledge and
features of sustainability and safety
Ein product and service developments, conversion of knowledge into
Mahmood Ahmed, Additional Secretary, wealth is the future.”
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
who inaugurated the Expo conveyed, “The – Shri. Nitin Gadkari
organisers and participants are rendering Honourable Minister
great services by doing something for of Road Transport and Highways
the country and the world by imparting
safety. There will be many discussions
happening over the three days of the expo ddressing the gathering at the 12th
on smart mobility, road infrastructure, and edition of the TrafficInfraTech Expo,
transport sector. I believe that out of these AShri. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road
discussions you shall identify gaps, suggest Transport and Highways, emphasised the
possible solutions which can be collectively government’s intention to improve road
presented to us with your suggestions, safety and use artificial intelligence and
so we can add our bit and get those other innovative tools to manage traffic
implemented, making our transport and violations and toll collection
traffic infrastructure sustainable and safe.”
“The most important priority of the
The Additional Secretary highlighted the government is development. While we
need for cleaner, greener transportation are already making a number of express
solutions. The goals require a collaborative highways and controlled-access roads,
approach, with contributions from various the most important problem in this
sectors—the Government, industry, and sector is road safety. Every year we have
academia—working in tandem to create five lakh accidents. Based on current
actionable, real-world solutions. statistics, it is going up to one lakh sixty-
He called upon the exhibitors and visitors to eight thousand deaths every year. Sixty
share their insights and recommendations, percent of the victims are from the age
assuring them that the government and group of 18 to 36 years and we are
regulators are committed to solve issues losing three percent of our GDP because
and get the ideas transformed into reality. of road accidents.
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