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Nitin Gadkari Launches ‘Intelligent Transport System’ On Delhi Expressway


The velocity restrict on the 135-km Japanese Peripheral Expressway close to Delhi is 120 kmph for automobiles.

New Delhi:

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated an clever transport system on the Japanese Peripheral Expressway close to Delhi to attenuate site visitors issues and improve security of commuters.

Mr Gadkari stated India wants to enhance its highway engineering as yearly, round 1.5 lakh individuals are killed in 5 lakh accidents throughout the nation.

“It’s a nice occasion within the historical past of Indian infrastructure (growth),” the Street Transport and Highways Minister stated on the inauguration of the clever transport system (ITS).

He stated the clever transport system is a revolutionary state-of-the-art know-how that may obtain site visitors effectivity by minimizing site visitors issues, prompting environment friendly infrastructure utilization, enriching customers with prior details about site visitors and decreasing journey time in addition to enhancing security and luxury of commuters.

The clever transport system can detect any accident and obtain alerts to make sure that ambulance reaches the spot inside 10-Quarter-hour.

Whereas the velocity restrict on the 135-km expressway close to Delhi is 120 kmph for automobiles, the highway ministry is working to revise velocity limits for various classes of automobiles, he stated.

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