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Economic corridors under Bharatmala Pariyojana

ith a view to develop the road development. Apart from this, the
connectivity to several regions government has also planned to develop
Wlike border areas, coastal areas coastal and port connectivity roads
including non-major ports, the Ministry spanning 4,100km and expressways of
of Road, Transport and Highways has 1,900km in length.
taken up a detailed review of National The National Corridor Efficiency
Highways network. Additionally, under improvement is poised on the
the ambitious “Bharatmala Pariyojana” development of ring roads around
program, there are also plans to 28 cities. The general principle for
bring improvement in the efficiency upgradation of roads under Phase-I
of national corridors, development of of “Bharatmala Pariyojana” includes
economic corridors, inter corridors and
feeder routes. development of economic corridors
primarily to 4/6 lane National Highway
Under this program, 26,200km length standards, inter-corridor and feeder
of economic corridors, 8,000km of inter roads primarily to 4 lane NH standards.
corridors, 7,500km of feeder routes, It also includes developing border,
5,300km border and international international connectivity roads, coastal
connectivity roads have been identified and port connectivity roads primarily to
by the Ministry as stretches for 2 lane NH standards.

Public transports to be equipped with VLT in
Bihar

ll the public transport (except Road Transport Corporation will also be
autorickshaws and e-rickshaws) setting up command control centres in
Ain Bihar will be equipped with districts to monitor the public transports.
Vehicle Location Tracking (VLT) and The VLT device manufacturers will get
panic button devices by the end of their devices tested for conformity of
2019. The state government will be seen
taking steps to issue notification which production every year after the first
will make it mandatory for commercial certification, from the testing agencies
vehicles to install the devices through referred to in rule 126 of the Central
registered device managers. The State Motor Vehicles Rules 1989.

Meerut set to get ITMS soon

eerut is set to get Integrated where the state government plans to
Traffic Management System come up with ITMS include Lucknow,
M(ITMS) soon. The ITMS will Kanpur, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Varanasi,
help issue challans and even divert
routes in real time depending on the Gautam Buddh Nagar, Agra, Bareilly,
traffic, thereby paving the way for Moradabad, Ghaziabad, Aligarh and
smarter roads in the city. The 12 districts Meerut.

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