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Non-polluting CCTVs operational in Navi Mumbai
energy sources he CCTV project of with five-year maintenance.
Navi Mumbai Municipal The network includes fixed
nion Minister for Road Transport TCorporation (NMMC) which
and Highways, Nitin Gadkari was inaugurated in March cameras, pan-tilt-zoom ones
Ustated that the Government has now become operational for 360-degree panoramic
was promoting the use of non- recently with 460 locations view monitoring, thermal
polluting sources to power personal under the surveillance of 1,524 cameras for the coastal zones
and public transportation by high-definition closed-circuit and evidence and automated
bringing in cost-effective, pollution- television to help maintain law ANPR cameras. The high-
free and indigenous solutions. and order, monitor crime and definition cameras will cover
Indian Oil was installing 300 ethanol track traffic violators in the city. locations chosen by the civic
pumps and automobile companies Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. has body in consultation with Navi
were bringing in flex vehicles that implemented the Surveillance Mumbai police. The sensitive
would run on 60% electricity and and Command & Control Led coastal zones will have thermal
40% ethanol which was far cheaper Service Orchestration project cameras for constant vigil.
than petrol and less polluting. The
Minister also announced that a pilot
project was underway in Nagpur
involving a 132-seater bus with 10-year road safety plan
airplane-like seating and a “bus
hostess”. ajasthan is to become the Transport Department’s road
first State in the country safety cell and forms part of the
Rto adopt an action plan for
100-day blueprint of the state
Picture Credits: Representative Image from the Economic Times Accompanied by a government World Bank, the plan is expected
road safety for the next 10 years.
government. Assisted by the
policy, it will be aimed at
to be implemented in three
reducing road accidents in the
stages from 2025 to 2027, 2027
State by 50% by 2030. The
to 2030 and 2030 to 2033 laying
policy is expected to generate
emphasis on aspects of speed
awareness among the public
about road safety provisions and
use of road barriers, pedestrian
bring about behavioural changes limit, safe distance, traffic signals,
for complying with safety rules. safety, use of seatbelts, helmets,
It is being formulated by the and vehicle insurance.
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