Use AI to increase road safety, Fadnavis to transport department

Fadnavis also directs officials to enforce policies for scrapping all vehicles above 15 years of age

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked the State transport department officials to increase the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to minimise road accidents.

Fadnavis also directed them to enforce policies for scrapping all vehicles above 15 years of age, a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office on Monday said.
The Maharashtra government has signed an agreement with Google, it said, adding the CM asked the transport department to increase the use of AI to strengthen the sector’s security and sustainability, using the agreement.

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The CM reviewed the next 100-day action plans for the transport, ports and the State airport authority departments in a meeting at the Sahyadri Guest House.
He emphasised the need for scrapping all vehicles older than 15 years, both public and private.

As per the release, more than 13,000 outdated government vehicles will be scrapped, and the state transport corporation’s buses older than 15 years will be replaced or retrofitted with the LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) and CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) kits to improve performance.
The CM also outlined plans for the state’s electric vehicle (EV) policy, which is set to be released within the next three years, the release said.

Fadnavis also instructed the transport department to introduce bike taxis and maxi cab services to enhance urban mobility.
He stressed the importance of formulating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure the safety of buses, especially in accident-prone ghat regions, the release added.