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 ...
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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 ...
Retrofitted electric buses on roads soon
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is advising state transport undertakings of states like Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi to retrofit their existing diesel buses into electric. After evaluating the success of the project further steps would be taken for conversion on a large scale. The technology has been wholly developed in India by Pune-based KPIT Technologies, a global technology ...
New road projects for Andhra Pradesh
The Central government is taking up additional 392km of National Highway project in Andhra Pradesh, including an Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Vijayawada, where the State’s new capital city is coming up. The AP government wants a new road on the sea coast from Ichapuram to Tada parallel with the Kolkata – Chennai National Highway. The newly proposed road on ...
Spatial technology for managing NHs
NHAI has signed Memorandum of Understanding with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and North East Centre for Technology Application and Research (NECTAR) for use of spatial technology for monitoring and managing National Highways. The use of satellite data and geospatial technology will be useful in providing inputs in highway and infrastructure projects for preparation ...
Electrifying the Road Network
The recent United Nations COP21 climate change summit in Paris highlighted the need to cut greenhouse gasses, such as CO2, by as much as 80% in many countries by 2020. But the problem is not just constrained to developed countries. Some cities in developing countries are regularly suffering air pollution levels that cause schools to close and days of work ...
Urban Electric Mobility Initiative of UN-Habitat
How can reduction in Global Transportation emissions, as well as local pollutants, and improved road safety be achieved while also ensuring better mobility and economic growth in cities around the world? Dr Kulwant Singh, Advisor, Urban Basic Services, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), explains. Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) aims at contributing significantly to the overall goal of limiting ...
Lucknow Metro to take off
The 23km long Lucknow metro project – from Chowdhary Charan Singh airport to Munshipulia crossing – in phase 1A project will have 22 stations, 19 elevated and three underground. The total cost of the project is pegged at ` 6,928Cr. Almost 60% funding will come from European Investment Bank (EIB). Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation has announced that it has completed ...
Wi-Fi in railway stations
RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) under the Railway Ministry had signed an agreement with Mahataa Information India Pvt Ltd (MIIPL), a subsidiary of Google Inc to provide Wi-Fi facility at 400 railway stations in two phases. Non-suburban stations with an annual passenger earning of more than Rs 60Cr are categorised as A1 stations. Phase one will cover 100 of ...