The 135 km long six-lane expressway connects Haryana and Uttar Pradesh via Ghaziabad and Palwal.
“This is a major event in the history of Indian infrastructure {development},” the Road Transport and Highways Minister said at the inauguration of the Intelligent Transport System {ITS}.
Take a look at what is included in this system and why it will be a boon for Indian travelers.
How Intelligent Transport System ITS explained?
ITS is a revolutionary state-of-the-art technology designed to reduce traffic problems, promote the use of efficient infrastructure, enrich users with prior information about traffic and reduce travel time, as well as enhance the safety and security of passengers. Will achieve traffic efficiency by enhancing comfort.
The ITS can detect any accident and receive alerts to ensure that the ambulance reaches the spot within 10-15 minutes.
ITS involves automated and real-time management of traffic signals based on estimates of traffic congestion and demand.
This system is used very successfully in Japan and Russia.
The first mention of using ITS was in 2016 when a high-powered committee of the Ministry of Urban Development proposed it as a means to decongest Delhi’s roads.
The Committee, in its draft report on Decongestion in Delhi, noted that such an arrangement would reduce the need for a policeman to be present on the spot while increasing the flow of traffic.
According to experts, there are countless benefits of using an Intelligent Transport System (ITS).
• Reduced stops and delays at intersections
• Speed Control and Improvements
• Improved travel times
• capacity management
• incident Management
Road Safety in India
Incidentally, the inauguration of the intelligent transport system on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway comes a day after Parliament was informed that a total of 1,16,496 road accidents occurred on national highways (NHs), including expressways, in 2020. 47,984 deaths occurred in these accidents.
According to a written reply to Rajya Sabha by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, in 2019, there were a total of 1,37,191 accidents on NH including expressways, resulting in 53,872 deaths.
A comparative analysis of National Crime Records Bureau {NCRB} data from 2017 to 2020 shows that the number of lives lost per 100 road accidents was 35 in 2019, 34 in 2018, and 32 in 2017. It is also defined as “severity”. accidents” and an indicator of how safe or unsafe the roads are.