Udaya Bhaskar Rao Abburu, CEO & Managing Director, iRam Technologies We welcome the budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a series of measures to promote the power and Infrastructure sector, and we as a company are looking forward to its future scope. iRAM would be standing with finance minister’s initiative to make the industry and commerce sector more technologically ...
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Road Safety Week 2019
With an aim to raise public awareness about traffic rules and ultimately to reduce casualties due to road accidents. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India announced the observance of the 30th Road Safety Week Campaign from February 4-10, 2019. The theme for this year campaign is ‘Sadak Suraksha – Jeevan Raksha’. The week-long initiative will have road safety driver training, ...
TrafficInfraTech Expo & Parking InfraTech Expo 2017
The second edition of Smart Mobility 2017, Asia’s leading show integrating two very comprehensive international Expos – TrafficInfraTech Expo (6th edition) and Parking InfraTech Expo (3rd edition) scheduled to be held from September 13-15, 2017 at Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hitec City, Hyderabad is gaining momentum with the exhibition space getting filled up fast. With many companies, which participated in 2016 ...
Maharashtra to begin work on first ‘smart highway’
The Maharashtra state government will undertake work on laying an OFC network on the Nagpur- Chandrapur highway, which will be the first smart highway as part of a “smart cluster project” covering the cities of Nagpur, Chandrapur and the industrial hub of Ballarshah. This can later be replicated on other roads and highways like the Mumbai- Pune expressway. The government ...
Pune Metro project gets Rs 950Cr allocation
With the central government allocating Rs 950Cr to the Pune Metro Rail project and nearly one-third of the geo-technical survey being complete, work on the Pune Metro will begin soon. The first stretch of 5 km could be ready as early as 2019. The company could soon start the tendering process for the Pune Metro, work on the project would ...
India Inc help to make roads safer
In a bid to make the country’s roads safer, Minister For Road Transport And Highways Nitin Gadkari has asked all major automobile makers to adopt stretches of highways for fixing black spots, setting up trauma centres and providing life-saving ambulance services. The minister has written to carmakers to make vehicles as per Global NCAP norms to ensure pedestrian safety. Companies ...
Centre undertakes PRR project in Bangalore
The Centre has agreed to take up the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project around Bengaluru under the Bharat Mala Pariyojana, NHAI is preparing the detailed project report. The 65-km-long PRR stretch from Tumkur Road to Hosur Road — which will ease the load off the Outer Ring Road — will now be funded and built by NHAI. Around 1,810 acres ...
Mumbai airport to use SITA technology
The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Mumbai will use AirportConnect Open, the common-use passenger system from SITA (Soci?t? Internationale de T?l?communications A?ronautiques). Under the terms of a ten-year agreement signed between Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) and SITA, the system will provide passenger handling, baggage reconciliation and security solutions. SITA will also install the Airport iValidate system at the airport to ...
Double-decker Bangalore-Chennai train
The Railways will shortly introduce a new double-decker train service between Bangalore and Chennai. A trial run of the train was conducted recently and services are expected to begin in March. The train has a maximum speed of 160kmph with a section speed of 105-110kmph. It is fitted with a chassis provided by the German firm Lukwe Holfmann Busch (LHB). ...
New high speed accident relief trains
The Railways is in the process of importing a number of high speed accident relief trains to expedite rescue and restoration work after accidents. The trains will be high-speed, diesel powered self-propelled trains with a maximum speed of 160kmph. At present the railways have 27 self propelled accident relief trains with a maximum speed of 110kmph. Each diesel powered train ...