Road safety cannot be achieved without integrating advanced engineering solutions, enforcement of laws, and the adoption of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said on Thursday.
The 81st meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) under the PM GatiShakti initiative focused on evaluating five important infrastructure projects from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) .
The decision was taken at a meeting with the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) CEOs chaired by the minister in which key issues confronting the auto sector were taken up for discussion.
On Friday, lightning strikes claimed the lives of three individuals in different locations. In Balod district, two farmers lost their lives due to lightning, with one incident causing a mobile phone to explode. In Khairagarh district, a 15-year-old boy also succumbed to a lightning strike.
The TMC MP has urged the officials of National Highways Authority of India to repair and maintain the service roads properly.
This step will not only help reduce pollution and accident proneness on the Highway, but will also promote the agri start-ups involved in the Purple revolution, the Minister added.
The enterprise value of the transaction is Rs 9,005.7 crore together with the earn outs and is subject to any adjustments as stipulated in the definitive agreements translating to an equity value of Rs 2,902 crore (including cash) on invested equity of Rs 1,740 crore.
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