We have laid great emphasis on increasing the quality of national highways, safety: Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi (India), 31 January (ANI): Addressing the stakeholder counseling workshop in New Delhi, the National Highways Authority (NHAI), the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways,, Nitin Gadkari said that the national highways are national assets. , And we have laid great emphasis on increasing their quality and safety.

Speaking on the occasion on Thursday, he said, “We have taken measures to fix the responsibility of contractors to increase the quality of construction and improve transparency in our system.”

Gadkari said that technology is a great promoter and is a step in the right direction from adopting automatic and intelligent machine-aided construction.

“We have succeeded in the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway pilot project and soon we will implement this technology in other projects,” he said.

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways (Morth) Ajay Tamta said, “India has made remarkable progress in developing world class roads and highways, which have enhanced our infrastructure significantly. Every stakeholder plays an important role in this change. . ”

He said, “As we move forward, take advantage of advanced technology such as sensors, satellites and real -time monitoring, it will be important to accelerate progress. With continuous technological progress, we have the infrastructure of the road of India’s road to the infrastructure. Vision is committed to align with 2047 and take our national level.

Morth Secretary V Umashankar said, “The road and highways that we construct today will serve our country for many years to come. Therefore, the time and quality of construction are two important parameters that we are focusing on Are.”

He said, “Convention is one of the important aspects of road construction and technology that is available today, enables us to resolve the challenges related to condensation. I am sure that discussions in this workshop will provide important insight which will provide us with important insight AIMC will help adopt technology to increase national highway construction. ”

In his reception address, Vishal Chauhan, Member (Administration), NHAI emphasized that the consultation workshop of this stakehold contributes to conventional NH construction methods ‘automated and intelligent machine-aid construction’ and contribute to converting a data-driven approach Will give (AIMC (AIMC) technology. In addition, Anil Chaudhary, Member (Projects), NHAI, performed briefly on stakeholder consultation organized during the workshop.

To enhance national highway construction skills by taking advantage of AIMC technology, NHAI organized a counseling workshop, deliberately and Murtha’s recently issued draft policy to adopt automated and intelligent machine-edged construction in ‘National Highway Projects’ Suggested to increase.

NHAI is successfully implementing the AIMC pilot project on the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, using automatic and intelligent machines such as GPS aided motor graders, intelligent compactors and stringless papers.

Based on the evaluation of the efficacy of AIMC in the project, NHAI will work to adopt AIMC for the construction of some more Greenfield Expressway/Access-State Corridor projects, based on the evaluation of AIMC’s efficacy, and considering the international guidelines/specifications.

The draft policy underlines various aspects and potential AIMCs in changing national highway development across the country.

Morma, NHAI, National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Technology Providers, Conservatives, Advisor, Machine Equipment Manufacturer and senior officials of other stakeholders were present on the occasion. (AI)