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Future-proof 75000th rail coach from ICF
local roads ntegral Coach Factory, Chennai,
has produced 75,000 coaches,
he Road Emulsion Ithe final one being the 69th rake
Association (REA), UK of a Vande Bharat train set to leave
Thas launched a ‘future- the manufacturing lines. Currently
proof local roads’ campaign engaged in the manufacture of
to increase the use of surface different variants of the latest
dressing.
semi-high speed ‘Vande Bharat’ Picture Credit: The Hindu Business Line
coaches, the ICF is now prepared
‘Preventative and reactive
maintenance can co-exist to produce sleeper and metro
within the same strategy, coaches too. Since its inception
but the emphasis must in 1955, ICF has been producing
be on prioritising planned Electric Multiple Units (EMUs),
preventative maintenance Diesel Electric Multiple Units
processes to reduce the need (DEMUs), High Speed Accident and Maharaja’s Express, among
for high-cost reactive responses. Relief Train, Air-conditioned Electric others. It also exports coaches to
Multiple Units, Golden Chariot the foreign market.
Surface dressing prevents
water ingress, reducing cracks
and potholes from forming. The Boosting infra development using AI
REA argues it ‘can extend the s per the reports, the to analyse and foresee economic
life of roads by 10 to 15 years Government is considering
per application and can be Aleveraging artificial and sectoral development,
applied on numerous occasions intelligence (AI) as a part of an including probable growth rate,
over the life of the road’. and infrastructure requirement.
advanced version of the PM Gati The initiative with integrated
It can also be a more Shakti platform to fast-track planning and synchronised
sustainable solution with up to infrastructure development. The project implementation
75% less bitumen and up to platform to be developed could
80% less aggregate per square boost economic development across departments and state
meter than thin asphalt surface by intelligently undertaking risk governments, incorporates a
courses. assessment, according to sources. dynamic Geospatial data platform
to derive logistic efficiency by
Souce: Highways Magazine
Considering various scenarios, addressing critical infrastructure
the AI-backed system would be able gaps.
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