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150 new buses in Surat New high-security

urat Municipal driving licences
Corporation will add riving licences may soon
Saround 150 buses to get a cosmetic and
its existing fleet of city and Dfunctional overhaul if
BRTS buses by early 2019. the Centre’s draft proposal for
With this the fleet size will changes to the document is
increase to over 560. The accepted by the states. The new
civic body is planning to driving licences will be made
run more than 650 buses of polycarbonate cards with a
in the City on a daily basis high-security QR code instead
with target of achieving of the laminated cards that are
ridership of 3.5– 4 lakh by aim is to cover the entire city within 500 metres of last currently in use. The licences
the end of March 2019. The and provide mass transport mile connectivity points. would make authenticity easier
for the commuters while also
making apprehending offenders
Intelligent smart poles in Vadodara easier for the traffic police.
Details of the commuter and
V adodara Municipal messages on the Variable provide high performance the vehicle would be stored on
a central database, which the
Corporation
in
broadband to meet the
Messaging Boards can be
police can access by scanning
partnership with Indus
thus ensuring seamless
owers, one of the world’s released simultaneously network requirements the QR code. The proposal has
at all the locations. All
largest telecom tower the Intelligent poles and connectivity. been sent to the states for their
company has announced telecom poles are connected Along with intelligent approval.
successful deployment of through fiber for current poles, a citizen’s mobile
50 intelligent smart poles in and future requirement of application developed
the City. The poles will have communication. The poles by Vadodara Smart City
provision for public Wi-Fi, enable installation of 4G Development Limited is also
Smart Bill boards, CCTV technology, meeting the launched.
cameras and environmental requirements of the City and
censors. Wi-Fi will be
available to the citizens
through these hotspots.
As many as 220 intelligent
and connected poles are
planned to be deployed by
Indus Towers over the next
two years in Vadodara. The
intelligent smart poles will be
integrated with Command
and Control Center so that

Autos to get more safety features

rom October next seatbelt for drivers and New auto-rickshaws will
year, all auto- dimensions of passenger have more leg space for
Frickshaws on Indian and driver’s seats will be passengers so that they
roads will have more specified. can sit comfortably and
safety features. There will According to officials, the specifications for
be doors or passenger two-point retractable headlamps have been
retention compartments seat belt will be made modified to get higher
to prevent anyone falling mandatory for drivers. output. There will be two
from the moving vehicle, It will be similar to the headlights instead of the
mandatory use of ones used in flights. present practice of one.

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