Telangana to have accident free roads soon, says Komatireddy

Advanced methods like smart road technology, intelligence traffic management, futuristic automated construction and ICT would be used in road construction in the near future to make the roads in the State less accident prone

Hyderabad: Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the advanced road construction technology being followed in advanced countries would be implemented in the State to make the roads more safe and accident free.

The Minister, who met representatives of the World Bank at the Secretariat on Monday, said advanced methods like smart road technology, intelligence traffic management, futuristic automated construction and ICT would be used in road construction in the near future to make the roads in the State less accident prone.

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Stating that standards set by the World Road Congress were being followed in the construction of roads in the State, he said steps were being taken to establish trauma care centres on most of the highways. A trauma care centre was already under construction on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway, he informed.

World Bank Chief Transport Officer Renu Anuja, who participated in the meeting, explained to the Minister about the construction of roads in various States with the cooperation of the World Bank.