New Delhi: The Delhi authorities is searching for “expertise intervention” to scale back human involvement within the enforcement of bus lane drive, which kicked off on April 1 this yr. The Transport Division of the federal government has invited Expression of Curiosity from expertise firms to assist in checking of buses within the nationwide capital.
“Expression of Curiosity for calling for expertise firms to supply methods and means for checking buses in Delhi ply solely in demarcated bus lanes. Delhi has approx. 1500 km of street size on which buses ply with about 2500 demarcated bus queue shelters.
“In the present day, as on date the enforcement is completed manually by Division’s personnel. Division is trying to find a expertise accomplice who can present with tech intervention which might eradicate the guide enforcement partially or totally. The entrepreneurs/start-ups might kindly ship their proposal within the following format by July 31 (sic),” stated an official notification.
In response to an official of the division, they’re searching for the most affordable technological intervention they usually have acquired some concepts. “The technological intervention might be one with cameras or with out cameras,” he stated.
As on July 4, a complete of 44,594 challans had been issued beneath the bus lane enforcement drive. These embody 1,591 challans issued to bus drivers for lane violations and 43,003 challans issued to personal car homeowners for parking in bus lanes.
A complete of 526 automobiles have additionally been towed away for improper parking on bus lanes, it added.
The bus lane self-discipline drive is at the moment being applied in its first section alongside Interior Ring Street and Outer Ring Street.
Within the following section, all main roads will likely be lined beneath the drive.
The transport division can also be implementing a pilot of improved street marking for bus lane between Raja Backyard Junction and Britannia Chowk in collaboration with IIT Delhi to facilitate motion of non-motorized automobiles and pedestrians.
The division may also conduct coaching of PWD engineers to harmonize street marking system throughout all PWD roads in Delhi.
