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Connected car Green Cover Index for NHs
services with IoT reening of highways management and monitoring,
A iming to enhance Gfor MoRTH and NHAI the NRSC will undertake a
being a focal point
comprehensive
pan-India
connectivity
between
under the Green Highways
estimation of green cover
residential and mobility
spaces, Hyundai Motor Company Policy of 2015, the latter has using high-resolution satellite
and Kia Corporation announced entered into an MoU with imagery. The first phase of the
a tie-up with Samsung Electronics the National Remote Sensing project will capture the data
for a Car-to-Home and Home- Centre (NRSC) under ISRO region-wise and subsequently
to-Car service partnership. The for a period of three years to focus on estimating the
service will provide remote and develop and report a “Green growth patterns using scientific
touch-based control through Cover Index” for the extensive techniques. The findings of the
voice commands to various home network of National Highways index will facilitate comparison
appliances while driving and vice- in India. Using the capabilities and ranking of various National
versa, to check vehicle status, of emerging technologies to Highways for timely and
control functions and manage enhance in-situ data collection
charging before and after driving and supplement plantation periodic intervention.
while at home.
This has been made possible
through the organic integration Updated IR Construction Manual
of connected car services and
‘SmartThings’, Samsung’s IoT he Union Minister of execution of signalling,
platform. Customers can get OTA Railways, Communications electrical and non-interlocking
and USB-based updates and thus Tand Electronic and works. It also provides
enjoy uninterrupted and seamless Information Technology, guidelines on land acquisition,
connectivity experiences. Ashwini Vaishnaw, released forest clearance, bridge design,
‘The Indian Railways contract management, tunnel
Construction Manual, 2023’, construction and road flyover
an update to the earlier circa and underbridges. The manual
1960 version. New reforms was a collaborative effort
and standards have been with railway officials and was
incorporated in the latest developed in simple language
version including those for EPC for easy comprehension by
contracts, bridge construction, field officials.
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