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Addressing reduced road visibility

o counter reduced visibility
due to foggy conditions on
Tthe National Highways during
the winter season, NHAI is to take
mitigation measures under two
heads of ‘Engineering’ and ‘Safety
Awareness’. The first one includes
reinstalling missing/damaged
road signs, rectifying faded or
New President of IRC inadequate pavement markings, radio, and social media for public
enhance visibility of safety devices by service announcements as well as
rof Manoranjan Parida, providing reflective markers, median distribution of safety awareness
Director, Central Road markers, etc., providing transverse pamphlets on Toll Plazas & Wayside
PResearch Institute (CRRI), bar markings in habitations and Amenities during foggy conditions
New Delhi has been appointed as accident-prone locations, providing and installation of reflective tapes
the President of IRC recently. Prof solar blinkers on the median on full width of vehicles on the
Parida is an aluminous of UCE, Burla openings and replacement of highways. Night-time highway
(currently known as VSSUT). He damaged hazard marker signs at inspection on regular basis by
was Deputy Director at IIT Roorkee diverging & merging locations. NHAI team, deploying Highway
before joining CSIR-CRRI. He has The ‘Safety Awareness’ steps will Patrol vehicles near dense foggy
been MoRTH Chair Professor on include usage of Variable Message stretches, guiding traffic when
Development of Highway System Signs use of Public Address needed and conducting joint drills
in India at IIT Roorkee during 2013- System, electronic billboards, with traffic police are some of the
2017. Design and Development of initiatives being planned.
Noise Barrier for Flyovers in Delhi is
an innovative contribution by him. Plans for Arunachal Frontier Highway
As a Director of CRRI, Prof Parida
has played a crucial role in the he Indian government has km from the LAC and international
development of Steel Slag Road is all set to construct the borders.
Technology, AI based Road Safety T1,637 km Arunachal Frontier It will start from Bomdila and
Solutions for Nagpur (iRASTE), Highway along the ‘India-Tibet- pass through Nafra, Huri and
Third Party Quality Evaluation of China-Myanmar’ border (the Line Monigong towns, which are
Dwarka Expressway, Promotion of Actual Control) that would closer to the LAC or the McMahon
of Usage of Industrial Waste in connect 12 districts and 1,683 Line, and conclude in Vijaynagar
Road Construction and providing villages, enhancing border security near the India-Myanmar border.
solutions to road infrastructure and socio-economic development. With increased budget, the road
development in border areas. The project to be completed by development work by BRO in
BRO by 2027 will be as close as 20 various states has been doubled.
Indore introduces ITMS
KSRTC introduces UPI payments
ndore Smart City and Traffic
police have implemented arnataka State Road Transport 10,000 smart Electronic Ticketing
IIntegrated Traffic Corporation has equipped its Machines have been deployed
Management System to enhance Kbuses with advanced Electronic across KSRTC’s fleet of 8,800
traffic control and enforcement Ticketing Machines, which are buses.The ETMs will also validate
of fine collections mechanism. A designed to accept UPI payments, National Common Mobility Cards
motorist violating a signal at one along with debit and credit and all types of KSRTC-issued bus
junction will be penalised at the cards, making transactions quick passes after this feature gets rolled
subsequent junction. and convenient. Currently, over out soon.

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