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NEWS

Delhi’s First Transit- Light metro and ropeway plan for Varanasi
oriented Hub
tate-run RITES Ltd has finalized will have 14 to 16 stations. At the same
ork on Delhi’s first transit- the routes for light metro rail and time, the route of the ropeway will be
oriented development at Sropeway projects on the outskirts from the main Godoulia intersection
WKarkardooma, East Delhi of Varanasi. This will also provide direct of the city to Rath Yatra, beyond the
will begin soon. The TOD will bring and indirect employment to a large Varanasi railway station to Khidkia Ghat.
together metro stations, residences, number of unemployed people. As There is a plan to build a transport hub
workplaces, and recreational spaces per the draft plan, the light metro will site first of its kind in the country at
such as museums. The project will be operate from BHEL to BHU in Tarna. It Khikkia Ghat.
completed by 2023. The location has
two metro stations, a railway station
and an inter-state bus terminal. The
hub will also be equipped with solar
power and water recycling.

Global Traffic Safety
products market

he global traffic safety products ADB to fund Road Infrastructure projects
market size is poised to reach he Asian Development Bank and investment will be mobilised through
TUSD 922.78 million by 2023, the Government of India signed a
according to a new report by TUS$490 million loan for a public- private sector participation under the
Technavio, progressing at a CAGR of private partnership project. With this aid, PPP modality. It will also develop an
over 6% during the forecast period. the MP government will upgrade about e-maintenance system, along with a
Apart from the rising number of 1,600km of state highways and major training program to develop capacity
road accidents, the development district roads from single-lane to two- on contract implementation and project
of traffic safety products made of finance in the Madhya Pradesh Road
eco-friendly and recycled materials lane widths. A with all-weather standards
and the automation in traffic safety and road safety features. Additional Development Corporation.
products are some other factors that
will boost market growth during the
forecast period,” says a senior analyst Road marking robot cuts costs, improves safety
at Technavio. Increasing population
across the globe, coupled with the robot which uses precision second road marking robot to further
expanding industrial sector, is driving positioning technology to support its work. Highways England
the need for rapid infrastructure A ce road markings has been is also set begin a trial of self- driving
pla
development. Governments of several deployed on roads around England. The trucks to accelerate and streamline
nations are focusing on widening of Robotic PreMarker, which calculates the the process of road repairs in the UK.
the existing roads and construction of position of new markings needed on The autonomous dump trucks, which
new roads and highways, to mitigate newly constructed and resurfaced roads, will follow pre-programmed routes to
the problem of traffic congestion and has already saved hundreds of hours of transport large quantities of excavated
increase road safety. These measures working time, according to Highways earth on construction sites, carry the
are expected to boost the growth of England, which operates and maintains dual benefits of being able to work
the traffic safety products market over the country’s road infrastructure. The around the cloak – thereby reducing the
the forecast period. time saved by implementing automated period of time necessary to carry out
road marking technology is expected to roadworks operations – and minimising
reduce congestion levels and improve the risk of harm to workers on site, as
journey times; while cutting the costs they do not require drivers. They will be
of infrastructure upkeep and improving introduced in a trial on works currently
safety for highway maintenance underway improving the A14 road
workers. The robot is operated by between Cambridge and Huntingdon.
specialist contracting firm WJ, which
has invested in the production of a Source: Government Europa

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