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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 would undertake this on a pilot basis on the 150-km long Nagpur- Chandrapur national highway, which is an important corridor linking north, central and south India, to convert it into the first smart highway and cluster. This can be replicated in both, Greenfield and Brownfield projects.

The project will enable deployment of CCTVs to check crimes on highways, WiFi hotspots, and even Internet of Things (IoT) applications in agriculture like environment sensors, soil and moisture sensors and automatic pumps (in nearby areas),” noted Gautam, adding that smart parking, traffic management, e-toll and e-challans to check traffic violations could also be started.

The 710-km and eight-lane Mumbai- Nagpur communication super expressway, which is the largest Greenfield infrastructure development project linking the two cities, will also be equipped with an underground OFC network. This I.T backbone will enable the set-up of I.T parks, smart cities and educational institutions on the route. The project  will also be deployed for solutions like automatic toll collection, automatic number plate registration, lane cutting management, CCTVs and an underground network of optical fibre, utilities and power transmission lines.

The Rs 30,000Cr “Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg,” is being constructed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and ha​s​ a Greenfield alignment from Bhiwandi near Mumbai to Maharashtra’s second capital of Nagpur.

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