Thiruvananthapuram:Posted: Monday, Jul 28, 2003 at 0000 hrs IST : Keltron’s (Kerala Electronic Development Corporation) latest breakthrough — Vehicle Actuated (VA) traffic assess system — has found its first patron. Bangalore Police has firmed up its Rs 1.2 crore order for the system.
As soon as the traffic assess system was developed, two units were tested in Karnataka. A string of 20 VA systems will now be positioned at high-traffic zones in Bangalore in the next three to four months, making it the first Indian city to have intelligent roads. Bharat Electronics Ltd is the implementing agency for the project. Unlike the electronically or manually operated system, the VA system assesses traffic density and facilitates smooth flow of traffic.
Keltron general manager (traffic systems) AV Ratnagiri told eFE that this was the first time that a VA system has been indigenously developed in the country. Sensor lights are embedded on the roads with the help of which the system assesses the traffic density. “For instance, the green light will automatically flash for a longer period if there are no vehicles on the road,” he explained.
The R&D division of the Kerala public sector unit had faced difficulty in locating clients with deep pockets to support the Rs 6-lakh per unit traffic management system. However, Bangalore Police armed with a Rs 6-crore traffic improvement budget for 2003-04, came to its rescue with the first contract.
The Kerala government, yet to find the resources to go for the VA system, is however trying out its cost-efficient version of LED (light emitting diodes) traffic signal system at two accident-prone spots in Chertala in central Kerala.
Two of Keltron’s solar traffic signal systems, one costing Rs 4.7 lakh and other priced at Rs 4 lakh for a four-armed junction and three armed junction respectively, are being tested here. With a one-time investment of Rs 4-5 lakh, these systems can work day and night for as long as 1 lakh hours. The only recurring investment is on battery repla-cement, usually once in two years, which works out to Rs 25,000.
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