Question: Recently Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari formally launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) in-
(a) Nagpur
(b) Mumbai
(c) Jaipur
(d) New Delhi
Ans: (d)
Related facts:
- On 4 October 2016 Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari formally launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) in New Delhi.
- IBMS is being developed to create an inventory of all bridges in the country and rate their structural condition so that timely repair and rehabilitation work can be carried out based on the criticality of the structure.
- IBMS is the largest platform in the world owned by a single owner, with database that could exceed 1,50,000 bridge structures.
- So far 1,15,000 bridges have been inventorised, of which 85,000 are culverts and the rest are bridges.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151406
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/indian-bridge-management-system-a-major-step-towards-safety-nitin-gadkari/articleshow/54679438.cms